ANC’s NEC must disband Free State executive committee, member says
An ANC member in the Free State has demanded that the ruling party’s national executive committee (NEC) disband the provincial executive committee (PEC), saying it is "no longer constitutionally mandated" to represent the province. If his demands are not adhered to by October 8, Lefa Mifi, from Dewetsdorp, has threatened court action. In a letter sent to the ANC’s national communications e-mail address, Bekker Attorneys — for Lefa Mifi — says the ANC constitution makes it clear that an elective conference should take place every four years. The last provincial conference was held in May 2013. It is understood that Mifi is among the supporters of the deputy leader in the province, Thabo Manyoni, who was set to go head-to-head with Free State ANC chairperson Ace Magashule in the leadership race for the top position in the province. The attorneys say the conference should have taken place on about August 11 this year, if a 90-day grace period were included, but that this had not happen...
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