Winde, primeiro-ministro de Western Cape, critica o emprego da SANDF de Ramaphosa contra gangues

O primeiro-ministro de Western Cape, Alan Winde, criticou o recém-anunciado destacamento da SANDF pelo presidente Cyril Ramaphosa para combater a violência das gangues, chamando-o de uma repetição dispendiosa do esforço ineficaz de 2019 em meio às deficiências do SAPS.

Após o anúncio do State of the Nation Address do presidente Cyril Ramaphosa sobre o apoio da SANDF à polícia contra a violência de gangues em Cape Flats - conforme coberto nos relatórios iniciais - o governo de Western Cape expressou fortes reservas.

Um relatório do Institute for Security Studies sobre o destacamento semelhante de 2019 não encontrou nenhum impacto sustentado nas taxas de homicídio: um breve declínio em julho de 2019 foi rapidamente revertido, sem maiores reduções nas áreas destacadas do que em outros lugares.

O primeiro-ministro Alan Winde questiona o custo projetado superior a 800 milhões de rands, argumentando que ele mascara as fraquezas subjacentes do SAPS em vez de abordá-las. Ele enfatizou que o SAPS mantém a responsabilidade exclusiva pelas investigações criminais, limitando as funções de outras agências.

Em uma recente reunião do gabinete provincial, os líderes do SAPS ofereceram poucos detalhes sobre cronogramas ou objetivos. Winde saudou o compromisso do Comissário Provincial, Tenente-General Thembisile Patekile, de usar a SANDF como multiplicadora de força em operações coordenadas.

No entanto, ele enfatizou a necessidade de estruturas de comando claras - ao contrário de Gauteng -, policiamento sustentado por inteligência e envolvimento de todas as partes interessadas, incluindo fóruns comunitários e segurança privada, para evitar a repetição dos fracassos de 2019.

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