Long queues at NEC voting station
2012-12-19 16:03
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2012-12-19 14:35
ANC delegates have begun voting for the 80 member National Executive Committee at the University of the Free State. Watch.WATCH
Bloemfontein - Long queues snaked out the door at the
voting station where ANC delegates were casting their votes on Wednesday for
the 80-member national executive committee.
Voting got underway on Wednesday morning and was expected
to be completed in the afternoon.
A total of 295 ANC members made it onto the voting ballot
during nominations on Tuesday evening.
Delegates would go into plenary on Wednesday afternoon to
discuss policy recommendations and other issues pertaining to the party.
It was reported that the issue of former ANCYL leader
Julius Malema would be raised.
Malema sent a letter to the ANC's national conference in
Mangaung asking to have his job back.
Suspended ANCYL spokesperson Floyd Shivambu said on
Monday he, along with Malema and former ANCYL secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa,
submitted the letter to ask the party to "reverse the outcomes... that
culminated in our suspensions and expulsion from the ANC".
In a joint statement, the three said they were willing to
behave "appropriately".
Delegates were milling around the University of the Free
State campus, where the conference was being held.
Some had secured themselves a patch of grass where they
could lie down and take a nap.
Delegates who had been sitting in commissions the past
two days said there had not been much change to the policy recommendations
proposed at the party's national policy conference earlier this year.
- SAPA
