4 February 2014 Foreign influence in DA-Agang merger extremely concerning In a week of tragicomic melodrama starring the DA and Agang, the African National Congress has noted with deep concern the latest revelations about a mystery international donor being behind the parties' ill-fated merger last week. What is most worrying for the ANC is the public admission by the leaders of the two parties that these foreign elements, using their financial resources as leverage, are able to dictate to them how they should structure their organisation, who should lead them, who they should fight with and of necessity, we must assume, what policies they should pursue. It is our hope that the latest DA-Agang disclosure is not a reflection of the role that these parties are playing, complicitly or otherwise, in undermining our constitutionally enshrined right of South Africans to make free political choices and have the freedom of conscience, thought, belief and opinion. It would be particularly concerning if South Africans could not trust that the leadership, views and any other proposals of the DA and Agang were of their own making, derived from the reflection of their conscience and interest in moving South Africa forward; but rather that these parties regurgitate sponsored views of nameless foreign donors. The continent of Africa is littered with many examples of foreign interests who act as handlers to aspirant political opportunists with the intention to agitate for and institute regime changes; bringing greater instability and strife to the region. Issued by: Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Keith Khoza, 082 823 9672 Khusela Sangoni, 079 510 5408 -- -- 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 received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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