Supra Mahumapelo tells supporters to let the PEC meeting go ahead
Amid chaotic scenes the North West premier says he is relaxed as ‘the ANC will not allow wrong things to happen in the ANC’
North West ANC chairperson Supra Mahumapelo has told his supporters to allow a provincial executive committee (PEC) meeting to go ahead and promised to brief them afterwards.Mahumapelo’s supporters stormed into the PEC meeting in Mahikeng on Wednesday morning‚ just a day after his resignation was accepted by the provincial leadership. After the chaos‚ Mahumapelo addressed them outside the building and urged them to allow the meeting to proceed."Comrades‚ I’m relaxed‚" he said and the crowd replied "bua"‚ meaning speak. "I’m saying I am happy to see you. I’m relaxed. I’m relaxed because I know that the ANC in which I’ve been a member‚ now for 35 years‚ will not allow wrong things to happen in the ANC."I’m going to talk to you at length. My request to you is going to be that the PEC must make some decisions there. Those decisions that are made by the PEC and I’m chairing the meeting there‚ because I am the chair. Remember‚ comrades‚ that you elected me in a conference in 2015 to be th...
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