SACP slams Ramaphosa's comments on dual membership

EXPRESSED CONCERN

- MASHUDU SADIKE

THE South African Communist Party (SACP) has expressed concern and criticism over remarks made by ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa at the recent National General Council (NGC), specifically his announcement that SACP members should recuse themselves from the ANC’s joint election structures.

The SACP has warned that Ramaphosa’s stance undermines the crucial principle of dual membership and jeopardises the foundations of the longstanding tripartite alliance. Speaking after the conclusion of the ANC NGC, SACP spokesperson Mbulelo Mandlana said the party was not pleased at the tone of the criticism.

“The SACP expresses concern about some of the remarks of the president at the end of the NGC. Remarks to the effect that members of the SACP will be recused from participating in electoral processes of the ANC; Mandlana said.

Ramaphosa made the announcement last week Thursday during his closing address at the NGC meeting at the Birchwood Hotel in Ekurhuleni.