It is sad that since the expulsion of one & suspension of other ANCYL leaders they have assumed the role of public critics of President Jacob Zuma in rallies that are called to cause divisions and disunity in the ranks of the ANC. I have personally noted the remarks attributed to Julius Malema, Sindiso Magaqa and Floyd Shivambu regarding the president of the ANC by he media. First many of us had been in the structures of the ANC, SACP and COSATU and equally worked with the structures of the ANCYL when a call for change was made and Jacob Zuma was chosen as a successor to Cde Thabo Mbeki. We, together with those leaders of the ANCYL who today call all our thoughts mistakes, called for the election of the current NEC of the ANC. We must further note the roles of the NEC of the ANC and link these roles to the decisions adopted by that structure before we opportunistically attribute such decisions to individuals. One mistake that we always committed was to blame individuals for the decisions adopted by the structures, and in the same vein we must articulate principles in a consistent manner. Throughout the disciplinary processes of the leaders of the ANCYL a call was made for consistency of principles, we listened to arguments that the leadership of the ANC must observe such a principle and that the leaders of the youth league were not supposed to be charged for articulating positions adopted by the structures of the league and some of us agreed with that principle, but today we hear those we supported in hat principle turning against the same principle. I know some comrades will feel that I'm naive but another reality or fact is that when Cde Thabo Mbeki fire the then Deputy President of the country and current president, we felt and cried that the state machiney was used to deal with comrades, we lobbied and voted for president Zuma as part of a collective. At the time of his sacking we outspokenly supported the establishment of the friends of Jacob Zuma to support him in what we considered an attack, we even listened to those who were part of the ANC NEC speaking loudly about those issues. We therefore cannot today blame Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma and exclude the structures to which they belong...
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