Behave, Zuma warns ANCYL
2008-06-16 21:07
Bloemfontein - African National Congress president Jacob Zuma on Monday urged ANC Youth League members to finish the league's national conference at the end of the month without any unruliness.
Zuma said the party earlier watched with great disappointment ANCYL delegates displaying rude behaviour in front of national ANC leadership members, international guests and representatives from civil society at its recent unfinished conference in Bloemfontein.
"This has become visible in recent times, as we are constantly being subjected to some shocking behaviour by some of our members, which are alien to the conduct of members of the ANC," Zuma told an ANCYL rally at Thaba 'Nchu in the Free State.
The ANCYL national conference in April this year ended in a state of disorder at the University of the Free State.
The conference, which was marked by various disruptions, only managed to elect the top five office bearers of the ANCYL, after five days of deliberation.
It was eventually stopped to get "guidance" from the ANC on how to continue.
On Monday, Zuma said the behaviour seen during this conference could not be accepted "to gain ground" within the organisation.
Some of this behaviour included photos in the media of delegates exposing their buttocks at opposition delegates.
"It is a challenge to the Youth League to ensure that (this) behaviour is not tolerated and it is condemned in the strongest possible terms," said Zuma.
The conference is due to be held from 27 June at NASREC.
- SAPA