Jubilant i guess! Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
-----Original Message----- From: Lerato Motimele <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:18:56 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Fwd: [ANCMedia] ANC STATEMENT ON THE ANCYL RESPONSE TO THE NDC PROCESS I am wondering how is the mood inside Luthuli house. On 11/16/11, Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: ANC Media mailing list <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:53 PM > Subject: [ANCMedia] ANC STATEMENT ON THE ANCYL RESPONSE TO THE NDC PROCESS > To: ANC Media mailing list <[email protected]> > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON SAPA-PR-WIRE > MEDIA STATEMENT > > ANC STATEMENT ON THE ANCYL RESPONSE TO THE NDC PROCESS > The ANC fully welcomes the pronouncement made by leaders of the ANCYL, who > have been charged in their capacities as members of the ANC, that they will > appeal the NDC outcome through the NDCA and they will do everything in > challenging the outcome within the prescripts of the ANC Constitution. > > The ANC has also noted the comments that were made by members of the ANCYL > leadership with regards to the outcome of the disciplinary process. We find > it very unfortunate that they have chosen to cast doubt on the NDC, the > process of the NDC itself and the outcome thereof. > > Some of the issues raised by the Youth League are issues that they need to > take to the appeal process and make those arguments there. In relation to > some of the issues including the jurisdiction of the ANC National Officials > in terms of charging the ANC members, that issue was addressed to the > fullest in terms of the report that was released by the NDC last week. The > ANC Constitution fully empowers the ANC Officials to prefer charges on any > member. > > On the issue of comments made by the Secretary General of the ANC Comrade > Gwede Mantashe, and the Spokesperson of the ANC Comrade Jackson Mthembu, > that is of no consequence to the process of the NDC. It was never raised > as a factor in deciding the sanctions by the NDC. Issues that were > pertinent to the sanctioned were isolated individually and addressed in > terms of why they constituted in the words of the NDC ‘violations’ and > consequently how these impacted on the ANC’ integrity as an organization. > Both the SG and the Spokesperson are not members of the NDC and therefore > they could not have pre-determined through their commentary the outcome of > the NDC. > > The ANC is satisfied that the competence of the NDC is not questionable, > the sanctions they meted out were their calculated measure, after going > through evidence presented, of what would cure the organization of the > accesses that were committed in relation to the organization’s policies and > Constitution. > > It must also be noted that the composition of the NDC was done in 2007 > after the Polokwane conference and the argument that some of them were > unsuitable to preside over the hearings has never been objectively proven. > These arguments were entertained by the NDC and they found that there were > no material grounds for them to recuse themselves from the hearings. > > The outcome and the entire NDC process was never meant to settle scores, > this was proven by the charges that all the affected members were charged > on. The onus is on them as they approach the NDCA to prove how they did > not violate the ANC Constitution and policies as per the charges. At no > stage were these ANC members charged for calling for economic freedom in > their lifetime and neither were they charged for calling for > nationalization and land grabs without compensation. Any insinuation that > the charges brought against them as well as the outcomes thereof were > “political” is therefore with out any substance. > > The ANC would once again, as pronounced on Monday, 13 November 2011, want > to re-iterate that we are deeply disturbed and would like to reject with > contempt the placing of its leadership into opposing camps in relation to > the recent disciplinary hearings outcomes. We view this as a malicious and > divisive way of projecting the ANC’s national leadership by some sections > within our ranks and the media, informed by reasons only known to them, > which are not based on any facts. > > We want to again re-iterate that the ANC leadership in its entirety respect > all ANC processes and hold the ANC Constitution in high esteem. There is > no doubt in our mind that the process as well as the outcome of the recent > disciplinary hearings enjoys the respect and acceptance by all leaders of > the ANC and members. > > The leadership of the ANC is also cognizant of the fact that all members of > the ANC who appeared before any of its disciplinary committees at all > levels of the organization have a Constitutional right to appeal to the > National Disciplinary Committee of Appeals. There is absolutely no > disagreement at the level of the NEC of the ANC in this regard, in fact > there is unanimity as this is a Constitutional matter. > > > Issued by: > Jackson Mthembu > National Spokesperson > > African National Congress > Chief Albert Luthuli House > 54 Sauer Street > Johannesburg > 2001 > > 16 November 2011 > > Enquries: > Jackson Mthembu 082 370 8401 > Keith Khoza 082 823 9672 > > > __________________________________________ > > Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions please > contact Ishmael Mnisi at 0823335550. > > > > -- > Gugu Ndima > +27 76 783 1516 > > -- > 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. 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