I think Yclsa not masondo should take its words back and apologies not than immediatly,
On 9/6/10, Mthubanzi Mniki <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the diffence between what the YCL Chair and what is said in the > statement that claims to distance YCL from what he said? Or is it because he > took the cat out of the sack? Can someone help me here to understand. > > ---------- > Sent from my Nokia phone > > ------Original message------ > From: Thembela Gazi <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, September 6, 2010 5:01:10 PM GMT+0200 > Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Article by David Masondo, YCL National > Chairperson > > This is indeed an extra ordinary decision by the YCLSA leadership to > distance themselves from their National Chairperson when they themselves in > this statement admit that... "The YCLSA has in the recent past expressed our > discomfort in the manner in which the Arcelor Mittal BEE deal has been > structured, and our general principled approach towards the role of > politicians or their immediate families and business interests, and our > opposition towards corruption and narrow BEE. We stand firmly on these views > and will never retreat in consistently raising them in a manner that seeks > to maintain the unity and cohesion of the alliance." > > It seems to me that the National Chairperson simply expressed an already > adopted position because his statement is NOT in conflict with his > organisation's "discomfort" with the Arcelor Mittal BEE deal. This looks > like self censorship by the YCLSA National Leadership. Cde Masondo has > raised nothing new which would necessite that he first canvass it within the > structures what he raises in this article seems to be in sync with the > general view that the Arcelor Mittal deal smells... and I think he has > pitched it sharply much to the discomfort of his comrades. > > No one was attacked and therefore there would be no strained relations > within the alliance as a result of this article. The Secretary General of > the ANC said on Saturday at the funeral of the former NUMSA President Cde > Mthuthuzeli Tom the alliance is not fragile - we must desist from thinking > that everytime there is an issue within the alliance there is a crisis. So > let us stop the self cencorship and engage with what Masondo is raising. > > Communist Regards, > Thembela. > > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Dominic Tweedie > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> [image: YCLSA] >> >> *Statement by the YCL National Office Bearers, 5 September 2010 * >> >> >> *Article by David Masondo, YCL National Chairperson* >> >> >> The YCLSA National Office Bearers wishes to distance themselves and the >> organisation from the views expressed by the YCLSA National Chairperson, >> Comrade David Masondo, in yesterday’s edition of the City Press (title and >> page). >> >> This is an extra ordinary decision by the YCLSA to denounce the action of >> one of our leaders in public, but since this has been done in public, we >> had >> no choice but to take this action in the interest of organisational >> cohesion >> and unity. >> >> The YCLSA has in the recent past expressed our discomfort in the manner in >> which the Arcelor Mittal BEE deal has been structured, and our general >> principled approach towards the role of politicians or their immediate >> families and business interests, and our opposition towards corruption and >> narrow BEE. We stand firmly on these views and will never retreat in >> consistently raising them in a manner that seeks to maintain the unity and >> cohesion of the alliance. >> >> However, we have emphasised the need to desist from public attacks on any >> leader of the Alliance in the manner in which Comrade Masondo has attacked >> the President of the ANC and of the republic, and will further take this >> engagement internally. What is more discomforting is the fact that Comrade >> Masondo has never canvassed these views internally within the YCLSA, but >> has >> now made them public in his capacity as the YCLSA National Chairperson. >> Whatever our views, whether wrong or right, there are set organisational >> processes to raise these views. >> >> There are already strained relations within the Alliance partners, and as >> a >> result, the YCLSA will play no further role in deepening these strained >> relations, but will seek to constructively towards building unity and >> cohesion of the Alliance. >> >> We call on all our members to exercise restraint and ensure that we use >> all >> organisational platforms to raise whatever issues that we deem burning >> before resorting to public pronouncements. >> >> >> *Issued by the YCLSA National Office Bearers on behalf of the YCLSA* >> >> *For more information, please contact Gugu Ndima* >> * * >> *Gugu Ndima* >> *+27 76 783 1516* >> >> >> >> -- >> You are subscribed. 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