ANC expels Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma’s decades-long membership of the ANC has been terminated by the party’s National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) after he ditched the organisation and led the MKP in December.
The Star reports in a statement released yesterday, the ANC said: ‘The charged member (Zuma) is found guilty of contravening the rule 25.17.17 of the ANC constitution, read with subsection two, for prejudicing the integrity of or the repute of the organisation by acting in collaboration with a registered political party, to wit the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, which is not in alliance with the ANC, in a manner contrary to the aims, policies and objectives of the ANC.’
The statement went further saying Zuma has been expelled from the party.
‘In the view of the NDC, organisational discipline is the glue that keeps the ANC together and focused on its stated objective of creating a better life for all. The charged member had placed himself in an invidious position by adopting the position of leading a political party which is not in alliance with the ANC and simultaneously wanting to remain as a member of the ANC.’
The statement added: ‘In the NDC’s view, it placed him (Zuma) in direct conflict with the ANC constitution which does not permit dual membership with parties not in alliance with the ANC. The ANC feels so strongly about this that rule 25.17.13 of the constitution makes it an expellable offence for a member to join or support a political organisation or party not in alliance with the ANC.’
Then came the hammer blow: ‘In the circumstances, the only sanction the NDC can impose is that of expulsion.’
However, the report notes Zuma can still appeal his expulsion within 21 days if he still wants to retain his membership of the ANC.
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