[PAYCO] Re: blame game same as pretending to be normal is not helping
M'Afrika Siya There are no neutral PAC members and PAC members not supporting the two feuding, now three feuding NEC groupings can't be defined as neutral. We have maintained that the an inclusive PAC conference composed of all PAC Branches and members is crucial to resolve the prevailing political and organisational parallysis. The entire Butterworth elected NEC must report and account to members in an inclusive national conference of PAC aiming to forge Party Unity. We know thus far, that PAC branches and members were misled and again turned to fight against each, as the PAC disintegrate organisationally and become politically insignificant as matters stand today! Also, we have advocated inclusove regional and provincial conferences organised mainly to forge unity among PAC branches and members. To root out factionalism, we also advocated and urged that PAC member and branches should denounce and boycot meetings organised to deepen internal party feuding and drive factional interests. We urged PAC branches and members to unite and embrace PAC Constitution and Disciplinary code to to serve as the principled basis for unity and political work. Lastly, PAC branches and members should integrate their structures's political work in the daily struggles waged by African workers and their respective communities, so as to build PAC's mass based character on socialist programme! Generalisation has its own basic flaws, for it tends to combine genuine PAC members's omissions with deployed moles/agents, hence one has a serious difficulty with such an analysis and approach! Shango lashu Nkrumah On 8 Aug 2014 16:18, Siyabulela Ndamane sndam...@gmail.com wrote: My dear comrades, In my view the weakness of any decision taken in any platform is that if the majority supports it - it becomes the order of the day irrespective of whether it is correct or not . . . this is the unfortunate reality and this problem is not unique to the PAC it is the problem of decision making ! If I may take all the decisions and actions taken by the organization since unban todate, this unfortunate reality has happened ! What give effect to such decisions is that in the PAC those who differ with such a decision becomes despondent, withdraws from active political work and those who implement the decisions becomes vendettas in settling scores against those who opposed/differed on views. This weakness has bred ground for careerists and opportunists amongst ourselves within the ranks of the organ. . .off couse there are other contributing factors to the weaknesses of the organization. Between 1990 - 1996 *intimidation* was the tool used to force decisions in the Congress/Conference floor, the submission of some branch delegates to this intimidation was the sign of weaknesses on our part as individual persons and/or as branch representatives and branches themselves. I won't dwell much on the tangible facts of this argument most of you knows. . . e.g. the Revolutionary Watchdogs persistent criticism of the direction taken by the leadership did not sway the actions of the leadership - the decision to suspend armed-struggle was resisted then what - the pro and anti 1994 Elections chaos . . .with all the efforts to resist at the end of the day the leadership and decisions remained whether we liked them or not ! and most of all there were branches who supported and accepted the decision of the leadership whether right or wrong. Yes, many people have since distanced themselves from the organization because of the above . . .but PAC remained though bleeding ! The current situation (2006 - 2014) is not different from [(1990 - 1996) and (1996 - 2006)], the organizational and administrative machinery has been collapsing - the decision making process and implementation of those decisions has not improved - the branches and structures became more weak and some non-existent ! Between 1996 - 2000 it was Mogoba-Makwetu problems; 2000 - 2003 internal NEC problems; 2003 - 2006 the 'Talibans' and internal NEC differences; 2006 - 2014 internal NEC problems, Letlapa the 2 decrees; PAC Convention (cape town) INDABA (soweto), Butterworth Congress; explusion of Letlapa and councillors; internal NEC problems and Mphethi decree. All this happens with the support of some branches in both opposing directions. Each opposing side always has a reason to argue the correcteness of their view and actions . . .we have seen this since 1990 todate, therefore the blame-game is not helping ! One can raise all correct arguments in his/her world-view blaming the otherside - the otherside can equally do the same. For as long we don't come together and accept that our individual/collective views can win-or-lose an argument at a certain point in time and in all that the organization has to be kept intact focused to the ultimate objectives, otherwise we must just forget that the PAC will ever come right we will be stuck-up
Re: [PAYCO] MPETHI PRESIDENTIAL DECREE AND THREE PAC NEC SPLITS
Izwe lethu M'Afrika I read this entire thread of emails at least three times, Its so shocking as to how many PAC members and branches were made to believe and support positions which today are proven to be directly responsible for factionalism and the disintegration of the PAC! Its immaterial how one percieve's himself in broader scheme of events, what's fundamental is to locate one's actions in relation to dealing with substantive issues than being subjective. 2007 decree was unjustified by reason was undermined by subjective interests and ego. Indeed Cde Letlapa did not unilaterally invoke 14.2 in 2007 however he was supportted by NEC members who blantantly refused to reason and see things different when other NEC members argued that there no crisis post cross floor incident for Godi had long left and formed APC, so its not Letlapa alone who should carry full responsibility for chaos that started in 2007. Of interest it is those NEC members who adviced, stood and supported Cde Letlapa to have disregarded any positive proposals that aimed to resolve the dispute and chart the wayforward. Today, these comrades condemns and point Cde Letlapa as if he individually blunged the entire PAC into a crisis, so effecctively Cde Letlapa became the scapegoat! Again 11 May 2013 decision was proven to be un-constitutional but driven by grudges than a rational and objective approach to issues, NEC members less than 14 ganged-up hence the subjective and unconstitutional nature of the 11 May 2014. Indeed, the conduct of party affairs had been factional and no NEC member openly spoke against primarily unconstitution conduct of party affairs pre and post 11 May 2014! But most NEC members grouped themselves against this leader or that leader thus groups which then assumed the very factional mode of operations! 2012 Butterworth Congress elected was split into two feuding groups, both groupings formed parallel structures as a form legitimising themselves! And in the process some PAC branches and members are excluded and cointer organisation took toll! Unconstitutionally Cde Mpethi was declared as the President and Cde Muendane who resigned in 1999/2000 as PAC Secretary General, a member not in good standing since he was never became active in any party political programmes as per his resignation statement was appointed to be the Deputy President. No NEC member spoke against this and condemned these methods. Tension and counter organisation within the party equally gave rise to intolerance, deceit and smear campaign! Again no NEC member openly discouraged feuding which sow disunity across the party structures! 2014 national elections performed badly, structures were not coordinated and resources flowed along factional line! Again, no NEC member(s) condemn this in the interests of party unity! 26-27 July 2014, the Mpethi-Moloto NEC had its meeting which was conflict ridden then later, on the 30th July 2014 Cde Mpethi invokes the decree he argues the party has a crisis. Once more NEC splits further into another two feuding groups. one led by Mpethi-Muendane and the other Moloto-Joko, effectively deepening internal party divisions and conflict! As Letlapa was used as a scapegoat by those who supported the decree in 2007, the same will happen, the supporter of Moloto will turn against him and claim innocence this put the entire blame on Moloto! The same with Mpethi, those who advice and supports him will turn and tag Mpethi as the one person who caused the party crisis! In less than 24 months, Butterworth 2012 National Congress has disintegrated into three feuding NEC groupings, this is tge state of the party as at today. Attending any conference organised by one of this NEC grouping amounts to supporting and legitimising factionalism. Only an inclusive and unifying conferences organised from branches, regions to provinces and finally at national level by a selfless PAC members who have no ambitions to lead, can salvage the PAC. PAC needs a united membership and a leadership commitment to advance the 1959 Pan Africanist programme! Shango lashu Nkrumah On 8 Aug 2014 15:24, Mbulelo Raymond mrfihl...@gmail.com wrote: M'Afrika Chargein Let me save you from gossip and rumour mongering. The question of me supporting Mphahlele when he invoked the decree the first time comes from me. I have declared in public and I again do declare that I did support Mphahlele in that fiasco. The reason why I declared it is because I was genuine and honest in my action. I did not support Mphahlele because I belonged to his faction. I supported him because genuinely in my opinion, there was what I had perceived as a crisis, where three factions one led by Thami to which you belonged, and the other led by Godi opposed almost anything that came from Mphahlele as a President of the PAC. In return, Mphahlele and his faction opposed anything that came from any of the other factions.You will recall that the issue on the table at the
