ANC to nominate NEC candidates
2012-12-18 19:35
Bloemfontein - ANC delegates at the national elective
conference (NEC) in Mangaung in the Free State will nominate candidates for the
party's national executive committee on Tuesday.
The names of the ANC members nominated for NEC positions
would be announced by the electoral commission in a plenary session.
Nominees would then be given the opportunity to withdraw
their candidacy, if they so wished. Delegates would also be able to nominate candidates
from the floor. This had to be supported by 25% of those at the conference.
Once the names had been finalised delegates would start
voting.
Former ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe had
accepted nomination for an NEC position.
He lost out to President Jacob Zuma earlier on Tuesday
for the position of party president.
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, Minister in the
Presidency Trevor Manuel, and Jeremy Cronin all declined nomination.
On Monday, Andrew Mlangeni of the electoral commission
said delegates would only be allowed to vote for 80 NEC members.
The 80 who received the most votes would be the newly
elected NEC members. Half of them had to be women.
A delegate's ballot would not be counted if they voted
for more than 80 people. Mlangeni said if there was a tie for the last NEC
position, the candidate would be drawn from a hat.
- SAPA
