South African Communist Party Eastern Cape, 24 June 2015 Press statement: "The right to life is sacrosanct" The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape has noted with grave concern the recent closure of public hospitals by the people who are in service delivery protests. The closure of any public hospitals like it happened in Madwaleni Hospital and Siphethu Hospital or damage to any other public property is unacceptable. There is no service delivery need that can justify closing of a public hospital and deny people the right to health and the right to life as other people are in a risk of losing lives under the circumstances. We condemn these acts as criminal, as even during the fight against inhumane apartheid regime we never embarked on such criminal activities. We would like to caution the protesting communities, that any criminal act like closing of hospitals, schools, burning of public property, etc delegitimizes any genuine demands they may have. We are calling for all leaders of the alliance formations in the area to get closer to the situation and work tirelessly with the affected people in getting a lasting solution to the challenges. Issued by the SACP Eastern Cape. Contact: Siyabonga Mdodi SACP Provincial Spokesperson Mobile: +2783 358 8070 Office: +2740 635 1046/42 Fax: +2786 286 1281 Website: <http://www.sacp.org.za> www.sacp.org.za Facebook: SACP Eastern Cape -- -- 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] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
