ANC member demands Mbalula rescind E Cape PEC reinstatement
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula officially reinstated the Eastern Cape PEC in May.
An Eastern Cape-based African National Congress (ANC) member has penned a letter to the party’s Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, urging him to rescind the decision to reinstate the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC). According to the letter, which SABC News has obtained, the structure’s term of office expired on May 8. The member, Luntu Sokutu, contends that the decision to reinstate the PEC without convening a Provincial Elective Conference contravenes the party’s Constitution, thus making it unlawful.
Mbalula has been granted seven days to either dissolve the PEC or face additional legal consequences. Sokutu asserts that no individual or entity possesses the power to prolong the term of an expired structure. He emphasizes, "The reinstatement or recognition of a PEC, whose term of office has lapsed, is in violation of the ANC Constitution in particular."
He further states, "You serve powers that are not granted by the Constitution itself. The only way you can extend the term office of any structure is to amend the Constitution and that can only be done at a national conference."
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