Alliance is safe, says Cosatu
2012-12-21 14:21
Johannesburg - The alliance between the ANC, Cosatu and SACP
is safe, the Congress of SA Trade Unions said in Johannesburg on Friday.
“We are not in any way feeling stressed about an alliance
that is collapsing tomorrow. The alliance is safe,” general secretary
Zwelinzima Vavi told reporters in Braamfontein.
Cosatu “vehemently refute[d]” a statement in the ANC’s
organisational report, which was discussed during the party’s national
conference in Mangaung.
Vavi said the statement alleged “Cosatu is the only alliance
partner that from time to time sees the democratic government as worse or the
same as the apartheid regime".
Vavi dismissed this claim saying, “Cosatu has never made any
such comment and never will."
Move forward
When it came to the alliance “from time to time there will
be moments of controversy in... Some things will be managed internally. With
others they will flare up into public discussions".
Nevertheless, Vavi reiterated that the alliance, between the
union federation, ruling party and SA Communist Party, always managed to move
forward.
“The alliance is in good shape and it will continue to be
stronger and will be strengthened by the resolutions of the ANC conference.”
The conference ended on Thursday.
Cosatu president Sidumo Dlamini was elected to the African
National Congress's national executive committee. Vavi declined nomination.
Vavi said Cosatu would study the resolutions of the
conference before making more detailed public comment on it.
- SAPA
