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RESOLUTIONS
The special
conference of the IFP met in Durban on April 8 2006 and unanimously
adopted the following resolutions:
RESOLUTION
1:
Noting the
performance of the party during the recent municipal elections
Conference:
1) Salutes members of the party who worked
tirelessly to ensure our electoral success;
2) Acknowledges the overwhelming mandate the
party received from voters to govern 32 out of 61 municipalities in
KwaZulu-Natal;
3) Commits all IFP elected councillors to
remain faithful to the Pledge of honour, service and delivery
4) Laments the inadequate political
contribution made by some of our leaders during the election
campaign
5) Pledges to intensify efforts to grow the
IFP in areas where the party did not do well, working from the
standpoint that every member and leader of the IFP is an organiser
for the party.
RESOLUTION
2:
Alarmed at the
widespread voting fraud and irregularities that continue to take
place election after election
Conference:
1) Condemns the unabated attack on voters'
hard-earned freedom and democratic rights by the IEC and its
officials;
2) Calls upon the IEC to launch a full-scale
investigation into the widespread electoral fraud and vote-rigging
that occurred in the recent municipal elections;
3) Requests all IFP members to be vigilant at
all times so as to enable the party to effectively deal with
electoral fraud as and when it arises.
4) Calls for a complete overhaul of the IEC in
its present structure and operations as it continues to be biased
towards the government of the day;
5) Calls upon the IEC to stop employing
members of SADTU in the management of voting stations as they are
clearly biased.
RESOLUTION
3:
Observing
the devastating blow that floor-crossing has inflicted on democracy
Conference:
1) Supports all civil society campaigns
against floor-crossing;
2) Welcomes the recent media calls for
floor-crossing to be reviewed;
3) Instructs the leadership of the party to
pursue all legal and political means available to campaign for the
scrapping of the floor-crossing legislation.
RESOLUTION
4:
Cognisant of the
IFP's role as the conscience of a government steeped in moral decay
Conference:
1) Asserts the role of the IFP as the vanguard
of South Africa's democracy
2) Commits our party to continuing the
struggle for economic liberation, poverty eradication and moral
renewal
3) Rejects all attempts by the ANC to develop
South Africa into a one-party state ravaged by crime, HIV/AIDS and
corruption
4) Accepts the mantle cast upon the IFP by
history to remain outside of the ANC so as to strengthen our
country's pursuit of integrity, dedication and sacrifice in public
service
RESOLUTION
5:
Prince Mangosuthu
Buthelezi
Conference:
1) Thanks His Excellency the President for
using his constitutional prerogative to call this special
conference;
2) Appreciates the necessity for the calling
of this conference to review the Party's performance in the recent
local elections and to test support for his leadership of the Party
as an established practice in democratic societies worldwide
3) Applauds him for dedicating his life to the
pursuit of a prosperous and democratic South Africa
4) Renews his mandate to lead the party and
reaffirms its overwhelming support of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi's
leadership of the IFP until the expiry of the full term of
leadership in 2009
5) Condemns political analysts and media
columnists who have called for his resignation without the political
and moral legitimacy to do so;
6) Believes that the challenges facing the
party can be overcome through the type of leadership that only
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi can provide at this time;
7) Calls upon all members of the Party to
close ranks and unite behind Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi's
leadership, and to provide him with unflinching support for the sake
of our Nation.
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