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RESOLUTIONS
The IFP National Council met in Ulundi
on 22–23 November 2009 and unanimously adopted the following
resolutions:
RESOLUTION
1:
THE IFP
NATIONAL CHAIRPERSON
Noting the
ongoing media speculation surrounding the internal developments in
the IFP ahead of the upcoming elective conference, National Council
has resolved:
- to refute
the perception that IFP National Chairperson Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi
is being persecuted within the party;
- to reject
speculation, wherever it may originate from, that the IFP National
Chairperson has been under pressure to decline her candidacy for the
party presidency before or during the upcoming elective conference;
- to call
upon those sections of the party that are waging a campaign of
destabilisation and disunity in the name of the National Chairperson
to stop forthwith or face the full might of the IFP Constitution and
its provisions against the lack of party discipline; and
- to refocus the
internal debate and energy in the party ahead of the elective
conference away from personalities towards the urgent task of
renewing existing and establishing new branches.
RESOLUTION
2:
COMMITMENT TO
TRANSPARENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Noting the media
speculation that certain IFP Mayors are being targeted for removal
from office for their alleged support for the IFP National
Chairperson, the IFP National Council has resolved:
- to
continue to act against maladministration, fraud and corruption and
those responsible in all IFP-controlled municipalities that have
been named and shamed in the Auditor-General’s report on municipal
performance; and
- to
reaffirm the party’s commitment to open and transparent government
in all IFP-controlled municipalities in order to ensure effective
and efficient service delivery.
RESOLUTION
3:
REAFFIRMATION
OF THE VUKUZITHATHE CAMPAIGN
Noting the
growing need to reunite and mobilise the party around a winning
strategy ahead of the upcoming 2011 local government elections, the
IFP National Council has resolved:
- to
reaffirm the IFP’s commitment to the Vukuzithathe Campaign which
seeks to improve the party’s performance in local government,
improve the party’s communication of its values and policies at
grassroots level and galvanise the party’s support among all
sections of the electorate.
RESOLUTION
4:
DEPLOYMENT OF
IFP MPs AND MPLs TO MUNICIPAL CONSTITUENCIES
Noting the need
to fill an accountability gap created by South Africa’s electoral
system of proportional representation, the IFP National Council has
resolved:
- to
dispatch all IFP MPs and MPLs to an extensive report-back campaign
along the lines of municipal constituencies to enhance the party’s
visibility and promote its interaction with the electorate.
RESOLUTION
5:
APPRECIATION
OF IFP PRESIDENT’S PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR TIBET
Noting the
recent visit by IFP President Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi to the
fifth World Parliamentarians'’ Convention on Tibet in Rome, the IFP
National Council has resolved:
- to
appreciate the President’s continued role as an international
statesman who, faithful to the principles of freedom, religious and
cultural pluralism and human rights, resisted pressure from China
and attended the Tibet summit; and
- to accept
the President’s view that his moral support for Tibet is not
directed against China and its people.
Contact:
Rev Musa Zondi
IFP Secretary-General and national spokesperson
083 440 5966; or
Thulasizwe Buthelezi
IFP deputy national spokesperson
083 482 7936
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