Mps From Around The World Urge Trump To Revoke Order On Sa

More than 100 parliamentarians from around the world have signed an open letter calling on US President Donald Trump to revoke his February 7 executive order suspending all aid to South Africa.

The group said the decree saw Trump punishing a sovereign country for pursuing the policy objectives of its choice at home and abroad.

President Trumps 7 February order halts critical financial aid under the false pretense of protecting Afrikaners from government-sponsored race-based discrimination, they wrote.

In reality, Trumps order marks a retaliation against South Africa for daring to pursue its self-determination at home and express its solidarities abroad.

The White House justified the decree by accusing South Africa of racially persecuting the countrys white Afrikaner minority, including by way of the recently promulgated Expropriation Act, and fomenting terrorism in the Middle East.