The Pan Africanist Youth (PAYCO) of Azania has been following the latest
developments in the party (PAC) with great interest. We are of the view that
the party should not hold a national congress on the 14-15 July 2012 but
instead should hold an inclusive conference first.
We strive for a united PAC, but the unity must be underpinned by principle,
common vision and a program of action to rebuild the party and position it in
the center stage of our political space. The PAC has been in a critical
condition of organisational paralysis for sometime now and we have got no one
to blame but ourselves as members.
The incumbent at the helm of the party, unconstitutionally and illegally so,
have time and again showed great disregard for PAC members and we have allowed
this contempt for internal democracy to carry-on. In this show of contempt to
the PAC and its members, in 2007 he invoked a rule by decree without any good
reason. This lead to a bogus congress which took place in Alice (Fort Hare, 6th
July 2008).
Right thinking members of the party cannot allow themselves to attend an
unconstitutional congress of the PAC. It is a known fact that if there is a
rule by decree it simply means that there is no constitution nor NEC, so who
calls the congress and which document will be guiding constitution of such
congress? The way the Alice congress was constituted was not in accordance with
the constitution and so is the congress scheduled for 14-15 July 2012 in
Butterworth. The PAC Constitution in clauses 5.1 - 5.6 and 8.1.1 and 8.1.3
gives a clear directive on how and who should call or arrange the party's
congress/conference.
We all know what happened in Alice, parallel structures were created to cause
confusion and further dwarf the growth of the party. Those with blind loyalty
were convinced to approve such actions which were not in the interest of the
party. After all sanity prevailed, because the only constitution of the party,
the Ga-Matlala 2000 Constitution reigns supreme, and it is a great opportunity
for us to rebuild the wrecked party structures.
It is a well known fact that since 2008 (Alice farce) the PAC has never had an
annual conference. How can a party with an important task as the PAC exist
without meeting at grassroots level to review its programs, policies, strategy
and tactics? From where we stand, there is no branch, region or province which
can claim to be in good standing, because the majority of branches, regions and
provinces are yet to comply with the PAC constitution. The latest gimmicks by
Letlapa and crew is nothing but a repeat of Alice. The question is whether we
are going to allow this to happen, again?
Any sane member can clearly see that there is a serious problem in our party
and we are the main cause of that problem. For how long shall the PAC suffer
the same fate and for how long shall PAC members be reduced to voting cattles?
It is upon members of the party to do the right thing and that is to stop
individuals from continuing to rape the constitution of the party. The PAC
belongs to us, not to individuals, and therefore we cannot allow the party to
be held at ransom by an individual.
We call upon all progressive members of the party to make sure that the PAC
holds a conference not an elective congress. We further call upon the youth in
the party to never allow the situation in the party to deteriorate further,
because history will judge them harshly. At a national conference, members will
have power to resolve the ongoing malady in the party. The incumbent does not
have locus standi to call any gathering of the party. As members of the party
we can conference and decide how do we take the party forward!
Unite PAC Unite!!!
Izwe Lethu!!!
Issued by PAYCO
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