Mna I fully agree[?] Umhlaba *"Agitator" Mavela[?]*
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Hulisani Mmbara <[email protected]>wrote: > In recent months we embarked on a number of programmes geared towards the > revival of the PAC. Of significance we have intensified critical internal > debates on this and other platforms of the party, participated on national > youth multilateral forums, hosted the 1st Mayihlome Annual Lecture, > presented IOTA as the toolkit for party recovery and seizure of state power, > launched an online news publication on www.mayihlome.wordpress.com and > commemorated June 16 1976 uprisings. All these events laid a solid > foundation which outlined distinguished impeccable basis for our political > conviction, orientation, programme of action and goals. These programmes > represent our political and ideological case for the revival of PAC, mass > mobilization and seizure of state power. We must maintain focus on these > programmes and ensure that we spread and cascade same to lower structures > including all party structures throughout the whole country. > > > > Let us intensively debate and cement a common purpose in terms of the > ideological place of the party, a programme of action, reorganization of the > party machinery, its leadership and transitional processes. We must then > move from a premise that any engagement on the above issues must be based on > a declared political and ideological case. Any factions or individuals who > have no ideological or political case but want to hold PAC ransom will be > treated as non-progressives and dealt with as such regardless of who they > are and their role in the past. While past contribution definitely matter, > what matters most is what you do and stand for today in furtherance of the > good you did and stood for in the yesterday. > > > > As we have already stated we fully support the idea of a convention with > the clear understanding and objective to bring unity of action, stability > and ideological cohesion in the party. In addition the convention must be > underpinned by principles of inclusiveness and consultation for it to have > political legitimacy and resonates with party members across board. > > > > The following points are critical: members of PAC are invited to the > convention and attend the consultation as such (no other autonomous > political parties are invited to a forum which is aimed at resolving > internal problems of the party, in particular PAC splinter groups should not > be invited otherwise they will amplify PAC internal contradictions); all > party structures must be involved; the coordinating team must be nominated > by all structures and not imposed by any individual or structure; the > convention framework or concept paper must be endorsed by the coordinating > committee; the convention content documents must be commissioned and > endorsed by the coordinating committee and sent to structures at least two > (2) months before the convention sits; comments and inputs from structures > must be solicited and upon receipt, a consolidated report sent back to > structures at least a (1) month before the convention takes place. > > > > We must be clear that the motive force behind the convention is to rebuild > the party and not an ego trip for any individual or structure. For the > convention to achieve its purpose and succeed we must shed our egos and > serve selflessly. > > > > Then there is there is the pivotal tissue of Transitional Authority which > we will continue to insist on for very crucial reasons. In relation to the > convention, it is our view that the convention coordinating committee would > have to report to the Transitional Authority depending on how soon we give > effect to the Transitional Authority. > > > > There is a need to close the leadership vacuum that exist in the party; > restore a constitutional order that is beyond reproach and credible; create > sound organizational machinery and stability; create a conducive > organizational environment for free and open activities in the party; launch > branches, regions and provinces; organize a national policy conference; > together with all the structures create platforms and criteria for leadership > succession with a view to build consensus and ensure that the crisis of > lackluster leadership is finally put to rest; and lastly organize a national > congress. > > > > For purposes of effectiveness the process of putting in place a > Transitional Authority must be sanction by a legal diktat. We must > therefore take advantage and optimize the constitutional crisis created by > the dispute between Dr. Pheko and Mr. Letlapa Mphahlele currently pending > before the High Court (Cape Town). It is important to replace the current > structure with a legally empowered structure because the Transitional > Authority should not and cannot operate parallel to the current structure > otherwise such parallel arrangement will defeat the all important purpose to > achieve unity, stability and cohesion in the party. The current divisive, > repressive and illegitimate structure must simply disband and be replaced by > a Transitional Authority. Conditions are not yet ripe for the production of > a standing leadership structure immediately. We must not make the past > mistakes of going the route of quick fix solutions to the complex issue of > leadership otherwise we will simply perpetuate the vicious circle of > disabling leadership crisis that has plagued the party for decades. > > > > Therefore the Transitional Authority is a must have if we are serious about > rebuilding the PAC. This structure should be given adequate time to create > the necessary conditions for party rebuilding. In our view this will work > inclusive of the convention task require anything not less than two years at > most. > > > > Then there is the issue of composition of the Transitional Authority. This > structure must consist of a maximum of (2) two representatives from the > national sphere of all existing component structure of the party, namely, > APLAMVA, PALF, PASMA and PAYCO. This structure becomes the Transitional > Authority and necessarily works in interaction with existing structures of > the PAC at provincial level. Where no provincial structures exist, the > Transitional Authority will directly work in interaction with existing > regions, branches or members, as the case maybe, t fulfill its tasks. > > > > Having said all the above, we wish to reach out to those Africanists who > left the party to join party splinter groups. In this regard I would like to > refer to one of the wise parables of Jesus Christ the son of the almighty > God…the Parable of the Prodigal Son in the book of Luke 15. > > > > According to Jesus *"There was a man who had two sons. The younger one > said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he > divided his property between them. * > > ** > > *Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for > a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he > had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and > he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of > that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his > stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him > anything. * > > ** > > *When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men > have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go > back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and > against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one > of your hired men.' So he got up and went to his father. * > > * > But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled > with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and > kissed him.* > > ** > > *The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against > you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’* > > ** > > *But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put > it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the > fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. For this son of > mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began > to celebrate.” * > > ** > > If those Africanists who left the party, amid confusion, to join party > splinter groups can repent, humble themselves and return to the fold like > the prodigal son, they too will be boldly welcome and embraced. > > > > For a Revolutionary Party > > > > Hulisani Mmbara > > PAYCO President > > 082 593 3012 > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > check out the rest of the Windows Live™. More than mail–Windows Live™ goes > way beyond your inbox. More than > messages<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Groups "Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania" group. 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