Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has condemned the breach of diplomatic protocols and unauthorised engagements by AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo with Israeli Embassy officials
According to reports, officials of the Embassy of Israel visited the province’s public institutions including healthcare facilities and Walter Sisulu University, without the knowledge, consent, or support of the Provincial Government.
Mabuyane has rejected the deal between the King and Israel and views these actions as an attempt by the Israeli government to undermine the sovereign right of the Republic of South Africa to manage its international affairs.
Mabuyane said the authority to negotiate such cooperation resides with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), and the King has no mandate to interfere in the management of hospitals, including sourcing of foreign assistance.
Premier Mabuyane wishes to place it on record that, “the conduct of foreign relations is a constitutional competency vested in the national sphere of government. Accordingly, any engagement between foreign diplomatic missions and organs of state must occur through established diplomatic channels and in line with national protocols, in close coordination with both national and provincial authorities”. “The actions of the Israeli Embassy, in conducting engagements with provincial institutions outside of these established frameworks, constitute a clear breach of diplomatic protocol and undermine cooperative governance as well as the sovereignty of the Republic of South Africa” continued the Premier.
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