Unconstitutional meeting: 29 June 2014

Cape Town, 26 June 2014 

Attention: AgangSA Provincial Structures

The minutes of the NEC meeting have been received dated 25 June 2014 in terms of which the following resolutions were made:

1. The IEC has been notified of the updated constitution being the conference convening constitution. This is the only valid constitution drafted by the national advisory council led by Mike Tshishonga (including Kylie Chan, Tsepiso Ramphele and Andrew Gasnolar). 
2. The NEC has resolved that the meeting to be held in Johannesburg on Sunday 29 June 2014 is unconstitutional and members must be advised not to attend as a newly constituted NEC will be announced by then.
3. Provincial structures are empowered in terms of the constitution to mobilise resources to object to any meetings called outside of the recognised constitutional structures.
4. Gauteng region is encouraged to raise awareness of this objection in the media and by on the ground mobilisation to uphold the values in enshrined in the constitution. This may include plackarding and presence of members to object to the illegitimacy of actions in contempt of the constitution. Most important is to state that this is NOT a AgangSA conference, AGM or NEC meeting and no resources of AgangSA included but not limited to -  intellectual capital, branding, Johannesburg offices, IT or Databases - are permitted to be used for these unconstitutional gatherings. AgangSA takes no responsibility for costs incurred and use of offices towards this end will be seen as a violation.
5. A disciplinary action committee is urgently being constituted by Mr Jock McConnachie to deal with all disciplinary matters under audit by the presidential task team. This includes the disciplinary process to be followed in respect of dealing with citizen Andries Tlouamma.
6. Each province is to select two members to be seconded to the task team to serve on the various workstreams to support the work of a newly constituted NEC. This will enable provincial structures to bridge the disconnect created by the absence of provincial liaison officers.
7. The party president has written directly to the speaker of the National Assembly to keep her abreast of developments in a way that secures the power of the two seats secured by 52 350 South African voters to strengthen democracy through ethical leadership.

Sincerely

Merle O`Brien

Convenor AgangSA Presidential Task Team