SACP slams Molefe appointment processes
THE SACP provincial structures in the North West and Limpopo have condemned the ANC for the appointment of Brian Molefe to Parliament without following proper processes.
But the ANC has defended itself, saying it has followed the required processes and would not want to engage the SACP in public on the matter.
This came as Parliament announced yesterday that ANC MP Makhosi Khoza had been moved from the finance committee in the National Assembly to the public service and administration committee.
ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu was not available to comment on the redeployment of Khoza from finance to public service and administration.
Reports emerged at the weekend that Molefe would be deployed to the finance committee. However, earlier Mthembu refused to say where Molefe would be sent once he was sworn-in as an MP.
Madoda Sambatha, the SACP provincial secretary in the Moses Kotane province, North West, said they learned through the media of Molefe’s appointment to Parliament.
“There was no consultation or engagement with alliance partners, or at least with the SACP as an alliance partner,” he said. “This pattern of unilateralism was entrenched by the provincial leadership of the ANC since the 2014 general election. The fellows have appropriated to themselves, exclusively, the ‘prerogative’ to change lists, even without involving the provincial deployment committee,” he said. It would not have been a problem for the ANC to follow all the processes, including consulting them, said Sambatha.
Limpopo provincial secretary Gilbert Kganyago said the appointment of Molefe had raised concerns in society. It flew against the State of Capture report where Molefe was implicated.
But the Progressive Professionals Forum defended Molefe, saying he was not found guilty by any court of law.
ANC provincial secretary in North West, Dakota Legoete, denied claims by the SACP in the province that there was no consultation. He said they did not want to engage the SACP on a public platform.
However, the ANC had followed all due processes in including Molefe’s name on its depleted list. “If they think there is anything we have done, they can use those platforms,” he said.
There were internal processes that all alliance partners used to engage on any matter. If the party was aggrieved, it could raise these matters in internal alliance structures, said Legoete.