This is indeed an extra ordinary decision by the YCLSA leadership to distance themselves from their National Chairperson when they themselves in this statement admit that... "The YCLSA has in the recent past expressed our discomfort in the manner in which the Arcelor Mittal BEE deal has been structured, and our general principled approach towards the role of politicians or their immediate families and business interests, and our opposition towards corruption and narrow BEE. We stand firmly on these views and will never retreat in consistently raising them in a manner that seeks to maintain the unity and cohesion of the alliance."
It seems to me that the National Chairperson simply expressed an already adopted position because his statement is NOT in conflict with his organisation's "discomfort" with the Arcelor Mittal BEE deal. This looks like self censorship by the YCLSA National Leadership. Cde Masondo has raised nothing new which would necessite that he first canvass it within the structures what he raises in this article seems to be in sync with the general view that the Arcelor Mittal deal smells... and I think he has pitched it sharply much to the discomfort of his comrades. No one was attacked and therefore there would be no strained relations within the alliance as a result of this article. The Secretary General of the ANC said on Saturday at the funeral of the former NUMSA President Cde Mthuthuzeli Tom the alliance is not fragile - we must desist from thinking that everytime there is an issue within the alliance there is a crisis. So let us stop the self cencorship and engage with what Masondo is raising. Communist Regards, Thembela. On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > > > [image: YCLSA] > > *Statement by the YCL National Office Bearers, 5 September 2010 * > > > *Article by David Masondo, YCL National Chairperson* > > > The YCLSA National Office Bearers wishes to distance themselves and the > organisation from the views expressed by the YCLSA National Chairperson, > Comrade David Masondo, in yesterday’s edition of the City Press (title and > page). > > This is an extra ordinary decision by the YCLSA to denounce the action of > one of our leaders in public, but since this has been done in public, we had > no choice but to take this action in the interest of organisational cohesion > and unity. > > The YCLSA has in the recent past expressed our discomfort in the manner in > which the Arcelor Mittal BEE deal has been structured, and our general > principled approach towards the role of politicians or their immediate > families and business interests, and our opposition towards corruption and > narrow BEE. We stand firmly on these views and will never retreat in > consistently raising them in a manner that seeks to maintain the unity and > cohesion of the alliance. > > However, we have emphasised the need to desist from public attacks on any > leader of the Alliance in the manner in which Comrade Masondo has attacked > the President of the ANC and of the republic, and will further take this > engagement internally. What is more discomforting is the fact that Comrade > Masondo has never canvassed these views internally within the YCLSA, but has > now made them public in his capacity as the YCLSA National Chairperson. > Whatever our views, whether wrong or right, there are set organisational > processes to raise these views. > > There are already strained relations within the Alliance partners, and as a > result, the YCLSA will play no further role in deepening these strained > relations, but will seek to constructively towards building unity and > cohesion of the Alliance. > > We call on all our members to exercise restraint and ensure that we use all > organisational platforms to raise whatever issues that we deem burning > before resorting to public pronouncements. > > > *Issued by the YCLSA National Office Bearers on behalf of the YCLSA* > > *For more information, please contact Gugu Ndima* > * * > *Gugu Ndima* > *+27 76 783 1516* > > > > -- > 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] . > -- 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] .
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