The African National Congress (ANC) will file an urgent application against the use of the name Congress of the People (Cope) in court next week Wednesday, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
ANC spokesperson Steyn Speed confirmed that the application for an interdict against Cope, led by former ANC veteran Mosiuoa Lekota, would be heard next Wednesday. This will be less than a week before Cope's planned launch date of December 16. The South African Broadcasting Corporationreported that the hearing would be held in the Pretoria High Court, and that the ANC would also ask for an order to stop the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) from registering Cope as a political party. The IEC is expected to file court papers on Wednesday and Cope is expected to file its papers on Friday. The ANC is arguing that the Congress of the People in 1955 was a "seminal, historical event" organised by the ANC and its congress alliance partners. The Freedom Charter was adopted at this event. The ANC is also concerned about the fact that "in many political circles, the ANC is commonly referred to as the Congress of the People", its spokesperson Carl Niehaus said earlier. The Nguni translation of the ANC is *khongolese*, which means congress. Lekota was among a string of Cabinet ministers who resigned out of loyalty to former president Thabo Mbeki, who was removed from office by the national executive committee of the ANC in September. Your Cde --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
