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SACP urges action against corruption Lebogang Seale, The Star, Johannesburg, 1 December 2014 SACP leader Blade Nzimande has warned that the ANC could be flirting with danger if it failed to deal decisively with corruption. Nzimande sounded this warning on Sunday as the party reaffirmed its stance that capitalism and disinvestment were at the heart of the country's economic problems. Simultaneously, Nzimande admitted that the ANC-led government was beset by "weaknesses and failures". "They (opposition) are abetted in this endeavour precisely by weaknesses and failures on our side. "In particular, as a movement we need to implement more decisively key anti-corruption resolutions like those adopted at the ANC's 2012 Mangaung national conference," Nzimande said. He was addressing journalists at the SACP's end-of-year central committee meeting in Joburg. Media reports have suggested that the ANC was backtracking on its commitment to sanction its senior members facing criminal or corruption charges. Nzimande called on the ANC to take tough action against its corrupt members. "This included the resolution that those in our ranks facing criminal charges. should stand down from their party political and government positions. It is costing us publicly as a movement that we are not moving decisively." Nzimande emphasised the corrosive dangers of gatekeeping and money in politics. "There are also widespread indications of money politics at play and even of business people having a direct hand into appointments into positions within the state," he said. Nzimande warned of dire consequences if the government did not act decisively. "Unless corruption and corporate-capture are dealt with severely and decisively, these problems risk becoming systemic and difficult to reverse. We are saying the integrity committee must be involved. We think that we need more willpower and (decisiveness)." He called for criminal prosecution of those implicated in acts of corruption. He also labelled the DA "neo-liberals" and the EFF "pseudo-left populists". [email protected] From: http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/sacp-urges-action-against-corruption-1.17 88673#.VHwk9jGUeD8 -- -- 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.
