Cdes, I do not know Cde Malgas what you mean but Cde Adriano raised a debate on the constitutionality part. If the extracts he made are from an original copy of the constitution of the SACP then the debate should be whether the constitution is changed or the incumbent is changed. The extract read as follows:
11. DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY The General Secretary shall be the leading National Office Bearer of the SACP and a full-time official under conditions of service determined by the CC. The General Secretary shall be an ex officio member of all party structures and shall: 11.1 Keep (or cause to be kept) the minutes of all CC and PB meetings and such other books, records and archives as may be required. 11.2 Attend to the correspondence of the CC and PB. 11.3 Maintain regular personal and written contact with all the provinces and keep the membership informed of the work of the CC and PB. 11.4 Ensure that members of the CC are kept informed of the work of the PB in between meetings of the CC. 11.5 Draw up (or cause to be drawn up) all reports and documents as may be decided upon by the CC or PB. 11.6 The Deputy General Secretary shall, as directed by the CC, deputise for the General Secretary in respect of all the functions set out above. The importance of this constitution will be meaningless if the status qou remains because the office bearer will be part-time while the constitution warrants him to be full time. I do not think we should debate the issue with the view of seating/ un-seating a comrade. We all love Cde Blade. He took this office knowing that he should be full-time. General Secretary is an important office. Surely, SACP has many tried and tested comrades, if the constitution remains unchanged, then someone should (in line with the constitution) replace Cde Blade. So, my take is that the constitution should be amended or a new GS be elected at conference (if no constitutional amendment is envisaged). It is not about whether one is good in multi-tasking or not. It is about the constitutional obligations of the organization we so dearly love. I pause! This message and any attachments relating to official business of the Mpumalanga Provincial Government (MPG) is proprietary to the MPG and intended for the original addressee only. The message may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. If you receive this message in error, please notify the original sender immediately and destroy the original message. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy, use, distribute, or take any action in connection therewith. The MPG cannot insure that the integrity of this communication has been maintained, nor that it is free of errors, viruses, interception and / or interference. The MPG is not liable whatsoever for loss or damage resulting from the opening of this message and / or attachments and / or the use of the information contained in this message and / or attachments. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
