SACP: Close ranks in support of Zuma

“[We are] calling on our liberation alliance, all formations of the mass democratic movement and democratic people of South Africa as a whole to close ranks and unite in the face of the imperialist-supported regime change agenda that is being meted out against our democratically-elected government,” said SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo.

Mashilo said the #ZumaMustFall “agenda”, which gained momentum from December 9 following the removal of Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister, was in fact a guise for an attack on the African National Congress (ANC), the alliance, and “all the formations of the mass democratic movement”.

“There is an imperialist-supported offensive going on in our country South Africa to discredit and deligitimise the whole of our ANC-led national liberation movement and all its components,” said Mashilo.

“This includes attempts at driving a wedge of disunity and division by singling out targeted leaders – as it has been happening against SACP General Secretary Comrade Blade Nzimande through personalised attacks whereas in essence such attacks are directed at the SACP and in many instances also at our liberation movement as a whole.”

Mashilo said that in order to protect itself from the “offensive”, the alliance was to consider demonstrating its own ability for mass mobilisation in order to show that all those supporting #ZumaMustFall were in fact the minority.

“Reactionary mobilisations such as the Zuma Must Fall agenda are being used in a similar manner to achieve regime change in Latin America and drive the region to the right-wing forces that are backed by imperialist states such as the United States and its European allies,” he said.

ANA

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