Cde Narius, thanks a lot for your response on PAYCO forum. And thanks again for referring us to the PAC constitution. To me it seems as if you do not understand the following clauses in the constitution you are referring to:The PAC Constitution in clauses 5.1 - 5.6 and 8.1.1 and 8.1.3. These clauses are not parables, a man of your caliber should be able to understand them unless suffering from severe ignorance.
The PAC constitution presently provides for a three-year term of office for the NEC. In terms of the constitution, Mphahlele was last elected on the 26th September 2006 at a PAC National Congress in QwaQwa. Therefore his term of office expired on the 27th September 2009, hence he does not have authority to call any gathering or purport to represent the party. So the 3 yrs you are talking about expired in 2009. It is perplexing that you dare talk about 2008, whereas you know what happened to that circus hence the return to 2000 Ga-Matlala Constitution. Gatherings of the party must be called as per the stipulations in the constitution. Since the 2000 Ga-Matlala Constitution was recently reinstated obviously there is a dire need for all party branches to comply to the constitution. But by the look of things, according to you PAC members must meet just to elect new leader. To me this simply means members can't meet and strategise in a conference. We need a conference to deal with issues pertaining to the PAC not this gimmicks you are pulling with your friends. Izwe Lethu! -----Original Message----- From: "Narius Moloto" <g...@bcawu.co.za> Sender: payco@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:35:15 To: <payco@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: payco@googlegroups.com Subject: [PAYCO] THE PAC IS NOT READY FOR A NATIONAL CONGRESS The PAC constitution currently in force imposes the National Congress shall be held every third year from the last one. This is not optional, it is mandatory. The question and process of uniting the party cannot be linked with this constitutional requirement unless otherwise decided by the congress itself. The congress of the PAC constituted by delegates from party branches are the supreme organ of the organization and shall ultimately be the one to decide and their decision shall be binding on all disciplined members of the PAC. In case where there are different opinions and feelings on an issue, the constitutional provision relevant to a subject matter decides. Branches are expected to make submissions, resolutions, nominations and any other issue they feel the PAC Congress must address. This is the time we must spend our energy and time doing. The fate of the party cannot be decided outside the congress of the PAC. Differing views, opinions and feelings are part of organizational life because there different people in the organization. It must be clears through that PAC Congress scheduled for 14-15 July 2012 is decoded and will go ahead as decided, nothing will change. What is not clear though is why the congress should not go ahead. What is suggested now why it was not suggested all along? Are people discovering that they don't have branches and the need time to go and create some? Are people realizing now that they are not members in good standing and cannot just pay now and attend the congress in July? The congress is not for people at the helm of the party but for the members of the party but for the members of the party from the branches. Congress is the only opportunity for the members of the PAC through their delegates have a greater saying on all issues and matters of the organization including the leadership of the organization itself. If all comrades who have been complaining genuinely want to fix and correct the problem they have been having for the last six years, surely they should be happy that the congress is coming earlier than later. They should be happy because they know they will be there as delegates and that finally the right forum to address their issues is now available. When is the right time? Since 2008 to date is not enough time? One gets the impression that the strategy is to oppose everything that the current leadership or president come up with if this is the case, it is bad. Narius Moloto From: payco@googlegroups.com [mailto:payco@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dzumbu Mmbara Sent: 26 April 2012 12:25 AM To: PAYCO Subject: [PAYCO] THE PAC IS NOT READY FOR A NATIONAL CONGRESS The Pan Africanist Youth (PAYCO) of Azania has been following the latest developments in the party (PAC) with great interest. We are of the view that the party should not hold a national congress on the 14-15 July 2012 but instead should hold an inclusive conference first. We strive for a united PAC, but the unity must be underpinned by principle, common vision and a program of action to rebuild the party and position it in the center stage of our political space. The PAC has been in a critical condition of organisational paralysis for sometime now and we have got no one to blame but ourselves as members. The incumbent at the helm of the party, unconstitutionally and illegally so, have time and again showed great disregard for PAC members and we have allowed this contempt for internal democracy to carry-on. In this show of contempt to the PAC and its members, in 2007 he invoked a rule by decree without any good reason. This lead to a bogus congress which took place in Alice (Fort Hare, 6th July 2008). Right thinking members of the party cannot allow themselves to attend an unconstitutional congress of the PAC. It is a known fact that if there is a rule by decree it simply means that there is no constitution nor NEC, so who calls the congress and which document will be guiding constitution of such congress? The way the Alice congress was constituted was not in accordance with the constitution and so is the congress scheduled for 14-15 July 2012 in Butterworth. The PAC Constitution in clauses 5.1 - 5.6 and 8.1.1 and 8.1.3 gives a clear directive on how and who should call or arrange the party's congress/conference. We all know what happened in Alice, parallel structures were created to cause confusion and further dwarf the growth of the party. Those with blind loyalty were convinced to approve such actions which were not in the interest of the party. After all sanity prevailed, because the only constitution of the party, the Ga-Matlala 2000 Constitution reigns supreme, and it is a great opportunity for us to rebuild the wrecked party structures. It is a well known fact that since 2008 (Alice farce) the PAC has never had an annual conference. How can a party with an important task as the PAC exist without meeting at grassroots level to review its programs, policies, strategy and tactics? From where we stand, there is no branch, region or province which can claim to be in good standing, because the majority of branches, regions and provinces are yet to comply with the PAC constitution. The latest gimmicks by Letlapa and crew is nothing but a repeat of Alice. The question is whether we are going to allow this to happen, again? Any sane member can clearly see that there is a serious problem in our party and we are the main cause of that problem. For how long shall the PAC suffer the same fate and for how long shall PAC members be reduced to voting cattles? It is upon members of the party to do the right thing and that is to stop individuals from continuing to rape the constitution of the party. The PAC belongs to us, not to individuals, and therefore we cannot allow the party to be held at ransom by an individual. We call upon all progressive members of the party to make sure that the PAC holds a conference not an elective congress. We further call upon the youth in the party to never allow the situation in the party to deteriorate further, because history will judge them harshly. At a national conference, members will have power to resolve the ongoing malady in the party. The incumbent does not have locus standi to call any gathering of the party. As members of the party we can conference and decide how do we take the party forward! Unite PAC Unite!!! Izwe Lethu!!! Issued by PAYCO -- Sending your posting to payco@googlegroups.com Unsubscribe by sending an email to payco-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com No virus found in this incoming message. 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