Andries Nel souligne le contraste entre la promesse de la Constitution et la réalité vécue

Le vice-ministre de la Justice et du Développement constitutionnel, Andries Nel, a abordé le fossé entre la Constitution sud-africaine et le quotidien lors d'un débat à Pretoria vendredi soir. L'événement marquait le 30e anniversaire de l'adoption formelle de la Constitution en 1996.

La table ronde s'est tenue à Pretoria pour commémorer l'adoption du document par l'assemblée constitutionnelle le 8 mai 1996. Il est entré en vigueur le 4 février 1997.

Nel a déclaré que la Constitution ne constitue pas seulement un cadre juridique. Elle forme le fondement d'une démocratie ancrée dans la dignité humaine, l'égalité et la liberté.

"La faute ne réside cependant pas dans la Constitution ; la Constitution est notre pacte national, elle définit la vision de ce que nous souhaitons être", a affirmé Nel. Il a ajouté que tout échec dans la réalisation de cette vision incombe aux citoyens eux-mêmes.

Nel a également évoqué les menaces pesant sur la souveraineté nationale de la part de nations puissantes dont les dirigeants rejettent les valeurs de la Constitution et les institutions démocratiques, telles que les tribunaux.

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