In the wake of a highly publicised visit to the US by Solidarity and Afriforum, the Cape Independence Action Group (CIAG) has announced that it will be visiting the United States to lobby for Cape Independence.
In a statement, the group said that it had written to the President, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, and the Premier of the Western Cape to inform them of the initiative. It said that it had done so on legal advice, offering these parties the opportunity to indicate why they might regard the initiative as illegal.
CIAG said that it intended to use the trip to speak to US officials and politically influential people, to raise funds and diplomatic support to get the Premier of the Western Cape to call a referendum on independence. It had a “contingency plan” to organise a private referendum, should the premier refuse to do so.
“The delegation is expected to leave in early April, and the CIAG is anticipating a very positive reception,” the statement said. “Cape Independence would align strongly with the foreign policy aims of the current US administration, and several comments have revealed that it is already on the US’s radar.”
It added: “The CIAG asserts that it will be conducting constitutionally protected activities which strengthen rather than subvert constitutional democracy in South Africa, and that it is pursuing Cape Independence legally, peacefully, and democratically.”
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