'Strengthen step-aside'

ISSUES: VETERANS LEAGUE WANTS THE RULE TO BE STRICTLY ENFORCED >>> Officials will have to wait for justice to serve its course.

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

CHANGES. ANC heavyweight David Makhura briefs the media in Johannesburg yesterday about reports on the national democratic revolution, the balance of forces and organisational renewal.

(Picture: Nigel Sibanda)

If the ANC Veterans League has its way, all indicted ANC public representatives, including Cabinet ministers, will have to step aside from their offices to address their issues away from the public eye.

If this proposal under discussion at one of the national general council (NGC) commissions is adopted, it would mark a new twist in the ANC disciplinary process, which has been criticised for selective application.

Although the party has a record number of members who have stepped aside, many have escaped the noose and continue with business as usual in their state jobs, as if nothing happened.