Showing posts with label reconciliation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reconciliation. Show all posts

Friday, May 04, 2012

Apartheid, Accountability, and the Legacy of F.W. de Klerk


An image of F.W. De Klerk

An image of F.W. De Klerk


In the political reality of our world, justice has never been equal. It bends, it selects, and it protects those who benefit from its fragility. Frankly speaking, there has never been anything called “justice” for the Black man or the South African under apartheid. 

 

If true justice existed, F.W. de Klerk, former president of South Africa during the apartheid era, should have faced trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the crimes committed under his leadership, including the killing of defenseless children.