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JOHANNESBURG. – The South African Communist Party has chosen to side with the ANC on the vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma.
The SACP is the ruling party’s alliance partner and has around 17 members in Parliament on an ANC ticket. The party has called for President Zuma to resign, but say they will not side with the opposition who have an “agenda to dislodge the ANC”.
“The SACP is in alliance with the ANC, we cannot join an opposition agenda to dislodge the ANC,” said Alex Mashilo, spokesperson for the party.
“We have not isolated SACP members who are ANC MPs before. We will also not do so this time around because they are governed by the principals governing the relationship between the SACP and the ANC.” Mashilo said the SACP’s constitution states that its members who are active in fraternal organisations, like the ANC, are bound by the decisions made by those organisations. “The constitution of the SACP directs how they should conduct themselves when they represent other organisations. In Parliament, they are not exclusively representing the ANC. The ANC did not contest elections only on behalf of its own members, it contested elections also on behalf of its alliance partners,” Mashilo said.
“There is a constitutional court ruling on this matter. But we have not told anyone how to vote.” – Huffington Post SA.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter