http://payco.org.za/index.php/payco-members-forum/4-ideology-and-general-politics/11-indeed-pac-needs-unity
1 Hour, 50 Minutes ago
Dear Africanists,
Allow me to express my self on the issue of Unity talks as propagated and
envisaged by party stalwarts like Johnson Mlambo, Dr Stanley Mogoba, Joe
Mkhwanazi and other party founding members. The idea of unity and cohesion in
the PAC is paramount and supported by PAYCO and surely by all in the PAC.
Having said the above, as PAYCO we believe any talk of unity must be founded on
shared common goals and driven by common desires. We stand for unity of
purpose, hence we've been calling for unity of purpose and the adoption of a
National Programme of Action that would drive and direct our programmes,
activities and goals as an organisation. We share the concerns raised by the
comrades who are propagating for Unity Talks, but we disagree with the approach
adopted completely. We believe any attempt to handle party unity cannot succeed
as long as those who lead that process are not brutally honest with those they
are trying to unite. For starters, we have not heard these leaders denouncing
factionalism that is fueled by Mphahlele in the party, rejecting the creation
of parallel structures, physical assaults to party members, non distribution of
party membership cards, disbandment of structures that refuse to support an
Agenda to destroy the party and total disregard of party constitution. We
expect those who lead this process to speak out against these destructive
tendencies as they have been unashamed to attack PAYCO for its non support of
the Unity Talks.
PAYCO can also put on record that it has not been formally engaged on this
matter , which is quite strage. You would normally expect that structures would
be formally engaged individually on the objectives of the process and be given
an opportunity to interrogate the entire process and to take into confidence
its structures on the ground. This has not been the case with these Unity
Talks. The main contenders have not been engaged, we've been hearing about the
Unity Talks on Facebook and over the grapevine. We hold a view that this
process has not been properly handled therefore cannot succeed to unite PAC.
PAYCO also feels it was completely out of order for the proponents of the Unity
Talks to undermine the Cape Town Convention and its resolutions in pursuing
Unity Talks. The organisers of the Unity Talks have undermined the National
Task Team, a structure that was given a mandate to lead the PAC to the National
Policy Conference and the National Congress. The National Task Team is the only
structure that commands respect from all party component structures,e.i, PAYCO,
PASMA, PAWO, PALF, APLAMVA and PASO. PAYCO shall only partake in unity Talks
that put constitutionality first and that is driven by the National Task Team
or jointly driven with the National Task Team. PAC needs no Messiahs to salvage
it from this quagmire it finds itself into, we are quite capable to resolve our
problems on our own.
United We Stand! Divided We Fall!!!
Foward Ever!!! Backward Never!!!
Izwe Lethu!!
Kwame Ndebele
PAYCO President
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