Eastern Cape ANC says working around the clock to be ready for LGE
Mabuyane says they are forging ahead with party work.
The Eastern Cape branch of the African National Congress (ANC) is working tirelessly to ensure it is fully prepared for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE). Prior to the elections, the province had been without elected leadership for two months, as the party failed to hold its Provincial Elective Conference (PEC) earlier in the year, leaving a leadership vacuum. Recently, the ANC's national office bearers reinstated the PEC, which had been suspended.
The move to reinstate the PEC has been met with some opposition from certain ANC branches, who have called for the party's Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula to rescind the decision. Provincial Chairperson Oscar Mabuyane, however, remains optimistic and states that the party is already working hard to address the challenges it faces.
Mabuyane believes that the leadership vacuum has been greatly felt and that the decision to reinstate the PEC is an opportunity for the Eastern Cape ANC and the party to lead effectively in the upcoming elections.
The PEC remains temporarily reinstated, pending a decision from the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on the legal dispute involving the Provincial Task Team (PTT).
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