African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has criticised US President Donald Trump for allegedly saying that he hates certain political opponents and refuses to forgive them, even if it means jeopardising heaven.
Sowore responded to the comment by saying that leaders should stop talking about paradise and start improving people’s lives on Earth, where millions are suffering from things like poverty, conflict, persecution, and relocation.
In an X post, the presidential contender stated that a society where everyone could live in safety, with good salaries, proper education, healthcare, and dignity was the only paradise worth achieving.
On a global scale, he denounced the treatment of immigrants, Palestinians, and other marginalised people, claiming that governments were to blame for policies that inflict misery and poverty on them.
“They make millions of people’s lives unbearable on this planet while preaching about paradise,” Sowore stated.
Justice and freedom, he said, should be accessible to all while they are living, not only after death.
We are the architects of our own heavenly and hellish environments on Earth. “Freedom, dignity, and justice cannot be postponed until the next life,” he emphasised.