Reverendo Chikane testemunha sobre estagnação de processos do apartheid

O reverendo Frank Chikane disse à comissão Khampepe que as autoridades falharam ao não seguir pistas provenientes de acordos de confissão em casos da era do apartheid. Ele destacou as penas suspensas de 2007 para aqueles que planejaram seu envenenamento e questionou por que nada mais foi feito.

O veterano clérigo anti-apartheid, reverendo Frank Chikane, testemunhou perante a comissão de inquérito Khampepe, em Joanesburgo, nesta terça-feira. Ele descreveu sua angústia após o acordo de confissão de 2007 que resultou em penas suspensas para o ex-ministro da polícia Adriaan Vlok e outros envolvidos em duas tentativas de envenenamento contra ele em 1989.

Chikane disse que o acordo forneceu nomes e detalhes que poderiam ter levado a novas acusações contra figuras como o Dr. Wouter Basson, chefe do programa de guerra química do apartheid, conhecido como Project Coast. Ele observou que Basson enfrentou 67 acusações, incluindo 229 assassinatos em 1999, mas que linhas de investigação cruciais foram abandonadas.

O clérigo também criticou a Autoridade Nacional de Promotoria por não dar seguimento às informações obtidas nos acordos de confissão. Ele relembrou como, posteriormente, ocupou cargos importantes no governo e teve acesso a registros do Laboratório de Pesquisa Roodeplaat, onde agentes tóxicos haviam sido armazenados.

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