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SACP Eastern Cape, Press Statement, 6 August 2014 Leaders must serve and protect the people The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Eastern Cape has noted the developments in the matter involving King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, the Abathembu Royal Council and the President of the Republic, Jacob Zuma. The SACP has since learnt that the President of the Republic, Jacob Zuma did not initiate the dethroning of the Thembu King as many would like us to believe, but he was merely responding to a clarion call made by some within Abathembu Royal Council as guided by the legal framework governing traditional processes. Any leader with no exception of the Kings should serve the people and protect them at any given time. That should be done with the understanding that there is no one who is above the law even those born as leaders. We are of the firm view that none of us are born as subjects of anybody; therefore the dangers of regarding people as mere subjects is that you will treat them with gross disrespect and abuse them. We have also noted with concern the insults hurled by King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo towards the person of President Jacob Zuma. These rude and backward insults should not be viewed as undermining the persona of Jacob Zuma but that of the people of South Africa, as he is the product of a democratic electoral process. If President Zuma is insulted for executing his constitutional mandate, that require people of South Africa including those of the Thembu nation to rise in defence of our constitution. These insults should be viewed as an attempt to mobilize people to disrespect the legitimate government. They should be viewed as an attempt to erode confidence not only of the Thembu nation but of the people in the government they have rightfully elected. We believe that these rebellious actions by King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo should not be viewed in isolation from the fact that he once attempted to build a country within South Africa. This should be viewed within the context of a leader who wants to mobilize people towards that state as he cannot subject himself to the laws of South Africa. As the SACP we are calling upon the people of South Africa to ensure that they keep their leaders with no exception of traditional leaders accountable and of greater service to the people. We must ensure that their actions and their conduct are befitting to the roles and responsibilities bestowed upon themselves. Issued by SACP Eastern Cape Contact: Siyabonga Mdodi SACP Provincial Spokesperson Cell: 083 3588 070 Tel: 043 6350 463 Fax: 086 2681 281 Email: [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] . --- 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/d/optout.
