ANC cannot expect partners to back wrongdoing, says Blade Nzimande
It is unjustifiable to expect the ANC’s alliance partners to rally behind wrongdoing and the failure to hold those committing wrongdoing accountable‚ SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Sunday. Addressing the main rally of the SACP’s Red October Campaign 2017-18 in Clermont‚ Durban‚ Nzimande said it was also unfair to expect alliance partners to support decisions on which they were not consulted — and more so in the case of factional‚ divisive and wrong decisions. The best way to honour the democratic legacy of the late ANC president OR Tambo and his revolutionary contribution to the struggle‚ was to reconfigure the alliance in accordance with democratic principles, Nzimande said. "The manner in which the alliance functions will not be able to hold together the unity of its components and historical support base‚" he warned. "It is unprincipled‚ for instance‚ to expect alliance partners to campaign for the ANC to win elections only for the ANC alone — or worse, for an indi...
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