The African National Congress (ANC) is remaining mum amid reports that a recall of President Jacob Zuma is being discussed at its National Executive Committee (NEC) lekgotla this weekend.
Pieter van der Merwe
It is being widely reported that the
NEC has been tasked with finding a smooth exit plan for
President Zuma.
“We don’t discuss discussions. We only discuss
resolutions,” said ANC spokesperson Khusela Diko when contacted by
Jacaranda FM News.
The lekgotla was preceded by a one-day
NEC meeting, where a new National Working Committee (NWC) was
elected.
The NWC is tasked with carrying out
the decisions and instructions of the NEC and conduct the day-to-day work of
the ANC.
Officials elected onto the NWC include
ANC MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and former Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom.
Diko says a number of other issues were also discussed.
"The NEC agreed that the ANC
must act decisively and with determination to rebuild the bond of trust between
our people and the movement, restore the dignity of our movement, and reclaim
the moral legitimacy of our movement. The meeting agreed on the need to
forge a social compact among government, business, labour and communities for
economic recovery, drawing on the resolutions of the 54th National
Conference".
The NEC also discussed the
disbandment of the Provincial Executive Committees in KwaZulu-Natal and the
Free State.
"Interim structures will be
established to unite and build the movement in preparation for provincial
conferences", says Diko.
