Calls for action after top six results
2012-12-18 17:46
Johannesburg - The ANC Youth League and Eastern Cape
branch on Tuesday congratulated the ANC's newly-elected leaders.
The Freedom Front Plus cautioned the new top six that if they
did not manage to overcome apparent divisions in the party, the election would
mark the beginning of the end for the ANC.
"The brutality of the past couple of month's
leadership struggle in the ANC has left huge political wounds and illustrated
the huge division within the ANC," party leader Pieter Mulder said in a
statement.
Mulder said Motlanthe not being elected president meant
the ANC had "in a very cruel manner... sent him into the political
wilderness".
The ANC Youth League congratulated the new office bearers
and thanked delegates for voting in "a disciplined and committed
manner".
The league expressed gratitude to outgoing deputy party
president Kgalema Motlanthe and others who made themselves available to serve
the ANC and the people of South Africa.
The league called for "radical policies" from
the national conference underway in Mangaung.
"The young people of South Africa are tired of
promises."
The Eastern Cape ANC branch said it was happy the people
it had nominated at its provincial conference had been elected to the top six.
"The focus now is to ensure that the Eastern Cape
has a strong representation in the NEC, as additional members are being elected
today."
On Tuesday, Zuma was awarded a second term as party
president at the party's national conference in Mangaung.
Cyril Ramaphosa was voted in as the new deputy president;
a position from which Motlanthe withdrew his nomination. Gwede Mantashe was
voted in as secretary-general, Jessie Duarte as deputy secretary general,
Baleka Mbete as national chairperson, and Zweli Mkhize as treasurer general.
- SAPA
