Lungisa eyes ANCYL presidency – report
2013-03-21 12:00
Johannesburg - Former ANC Youth League national executive
committee (NEC) member Andile Lungisa is toying with the idea of becoming the
league's next president, The New Age reported on Thursday.
In an interview with the newspaper he said the positions he
previously held in the ANCYL might bolster his chances of leading it.
"Age is still on my side and I have the energy to be
the league president, but that will be determined by the membership.
"And I know the league, because I had the opportunity
of being part of it as deputy president, a member of the national working
committee, as well as that of the NEC," he was quoted as saying.
African National Congress secretary-general Gwede Mantashe
on Monday announced the ruling party had dissolved the ANCYL executive
committee.
The decision was taken at a three-day NEC meeting at the
weekend.
An interim team would be selected and put in place by the
national working committee.
The task team, which would be called the national task team
(NTT) of the ANCYL, would take over responsibility of the league's NEC and work
on rebuilding the youth league.
A new national leadership would be elected at a later stage,
but no time frame was given.
Disputes
Lungisa apologised to ANCYL members for the dissolution of
its national leadership.
He told the newspaper the apology was meant to appease all
those who might have been hurt by the disbanding.
"We were all surprised by it, because the ANC adopted
the resolutions in Mangaung about the league. And we were still working with
the national leadership of the ANC on those resolutions when the NEC was
disbanded," Lungisa said.
Delegates at the ANC conference resolved that the incoming
NEC should meet the ANCYL to resolve disputes between the two.
In his organisational report at the conference, Mantashe
said the ANCYL was acting in a similar manner to forces which were against the
party. The ANC and ANCYL had met several times before the decision was made to
disband the league's national leadership.
- SAPA
