Cde Sibeko
Just to address two observations in your statement namely:- “ It appears that PAC members did not vote or they either they voted the EFF or the ANC” and “I say this because in my branch, the votes do not talk to the membership. This is very disappointing. PAC is stabbed by its members, we cannot blame financial resources alone”. While I fully agree with you that we cannot fully blame financial resources alone, however we must note that there are many endogenous and exogenous factors that should be considered and examined so to explain the PAC’s performance. In the past we once explained that for PAC to make a significant impact during national elections, it should start electioneering five years before the actual elections, that is, as PAC we should have started campaigning immediately after 2009 national elections, we should ensure that twelve months (12) months before elections PAC has adequately prepared its members, structures, identified and trained four- six party agents per voting station. PAC should consider to effectively use its members and strucutures as a key resource based on a clearly defined political programme and strategies. The resolution taken after the 1999 national election under the then National Organiser M’Afrika Ata Kgosana and the 2000 local government elections then National Organiser it was Themba Godi, it was that PAC Elections structures namely NEA, PEA, REA and BEA must be standing committees to build the required institutional capability and retain institutional memory. Every elections PAC starts afresh as if we are a new political party! Commonly any party mobilises and organises its membership and structures 12 months – 8 months prior elections, this implies among many things to have party members highly inspired and motivated towards, during and post elections, aspects such as:- · PAC’s Internal (endo) environment organisational and structural factors such as, o The 11 May 2014 NEC grouping in charge of elections failed to act in best interest of the PAC, because as far as four months before 7th May 2014 national elections, all members and leaders knew that PAC is highly divided and stand a risk of some members not to vote PAC due to internal leadership feuding, logically they could have created a national list that is unifying the PAC and could have considered some former PAC leaders are not part of any of the feuding factions, to be the face of the PAC, that they could have considered PAC leaders such as Mark Shinners or Ata Kgosana or Tsietsi Telite (former PASO President) to be the face of the PAC during elections; o PAC Leaders mobilised members and voters by sending a conflict message send to voters namely VOTE EFF and PAC, when a ballot only permits a voter to cast a vote for only one political party. Interestingly EFF never campaigned its members, supporters and voters to vote PAC and EFF. EFF campaigned for EFF nothing else; o Internal party environment should not be repulsive and resentful such as coordination of elections campaign and circulation of elections information along factional lines and interests, some PAC branches and probably majority did not have a clue as to what is happening during the elections; o Party structures should be stable and functional; o Leadership’s ability to articulate PAC positions; o 21st March Sharpeville Massacre, the PAC leadership created a political platform for EFF to raise its political profile and mobilise support; o Some of the leaders suffer from delusion of grandeur o Financial resources are not necessarily the reason for poor performance of the PAC, example PAC Presidential Candidate and those deployed to represent PAC at public debates during elections could not convincingly explain and articulate all dimension about the Land Question namely Historical land dispossession linked to the national question, Political Economic Dimension linked to the control and ownership of the means of production, Socio-economic Dimension linked to issues such as housing, residential areas, Legislative framework meaning land reforms policies’ willing buyer-willing seller and the impact of Property Clause etc; · PAC’s External (exo) environment: systemic factors and mitigation strategies o Attitude of the media side-lining PAC’s , example it became evident that e-NCA and E-TV had a plan to write off PAC or had written PAC Off PAC { PAC National Elections Coordinating Committee should have had a Publicity and Media Mitigation strategy and proactive plans in advance} o Analyst comments shaped public opinion and mobilised voters away from PAC { PAC National Elections Coordinating Committee should have had a Publicity and Media Mitigation strategy and proactive plans in advance} The above are few aspects that should be considered, because members in wards are not an island, they are equally impacted internally by negative and positive forces that are play, if the negative forces far exceeds positives then there will be a precipitation of the state of despair and disillusionment among members, remember in the PAC members use their personal family and pocket monies to perform party political work, if negatives far exceeds positives within the party then logically a proportional and reciprocal response arises from members! Shango lashu Nkrumah From: payco@googlegroups.com [mailto:payco@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mduduzi Sibeko Sent: 16 May 2014 12:35 AM To: payco@googlegroups.com Subject: [PAYCO] Cde Nkrumah I have searched the election results on the IEC website, searching specific polling stations. In my ward, I am surprised that we got only 6 votes. It appears that PAC members did not vote or they either they voted the EFF or the ANC. Before evaluating the support from our sympathisers, it is worth that we look into ourselves. the total number of votes doesn’t reflect PAC membership. I say this because in my branch, the votes do not talk to the membership. This is very disappointing. 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