"Frustration" with DA behind the move of # LennitMax

Cape Town – Lennit Max, the special advisor to the new police minister Bheki Cele, explains that his decision to join the national government is explained by his frustration at not being able to use his skills as & ### 39, a police officer qualified to fight crime. the Western Cape.

He said he resigned from his MP position last weekend to fill his new position, which he started on July 1, but he remained a member of the DA. He said that as a trained police officer, he could no longer remain inactive while the crime became uncontrollable.

Max said DA leaders did not need to deploy him as part of a provincial criminal unit after asking to be part of it. from such an initiative. He said that he approached the DA leadership and offered his skills, but this was denied by the party leadership.

"Not only frustrated, but he made me angry," says Max. Describes his plans to fight crime, Cele has asked him to come on board for a year. "Time to speak is over, action against crime is required, I believe our fight against crime is going through all divisions, especially political divisions," said Max, whose goal would be to rally communities Gang infested and in rural areas to prevent abuse of children and women.

Nyanga, the murder capital, Gugulethu, Delft and Mitchells Plain, neighbors, would benefit from the best police services. said Tuesday, it would also give priority to agricultural killings. "The police is the active partner in the fight against crime, but we must generate change and a peace of attitude in our communities." It is heartbreaking to see how many Young people, young boys, are in these cells.Some did not even go to school, it is a crisis with which we are sitting.They are there for drugs, burglaries, c 39. ;are you A huge challenge and we need all the hands. "

He said that there was no condition attached to his new appointment." Membership in political parties is a voluntary thing and depends on an individual. As I speak to you, I am a full member of the AD, "Max said.

AD Provincial Chief, Bonginkosi Madikizela, said that he wished Max a success in his new role. Madikizela criticized the ANC's National Police Department, which he said "did not take the plight of Western Cape residents seriously, with insufficient resources". Without specifying the measures to be taken, Madikizela stated that Max "can not act as a special advisor to the ANC Police Minister and be a member of the AD."

"We hope that his appointment will mean that the SAPS will take the security of the province. the residents seriously. "

Cape Times