Pilane Faction Scoffs At Congress Re-Run
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | Monday August 14, 2017 15:57
His national working committee (NWC), which met last Tuesday took a resolution that their violent and controversy-ridden congress which was held at Matshekge senior secondary in Bobonong over the President Holidays, was done per the constitution.
The Monitor has it in good authority that NWC, which responded to UDC national executive committee (NEC), resolved that it does not have a problem with umbrella intervening in their matter unless it is in line with BMD constitution.
“BMD constitution only allows its NEC to organise and preside over the congress not any other party national executive committee. The other team led by Ndaba Gaolathe should go to court to challenge Matshekge congress as they had said in their letter,” a source said.
BMD secretary general for Pilane team, Gilbert Mangole confirmed that they had written to UDC NEC.
“It is true our NWC met over the issue and deliberated on it. I cannot discuss the context of the letter because UDC NEC has to discuss the matter first. We gave the UDC response yesterday,” Mangole said in an interview.
This came after Gaolathe team wrote to UDC NEC asking it to intervene on BMD fracas and suggested that it wants a re-run for the congress.
UDC NEC will meet on Saturday to discuss the BMD issue.
The UDC will be forced to decide on BMD whether both factions agree or not because it had submitted two parallel central committee members. Early this month, both teams took a resolution that they would honour the decision taken by UDC.
The UDC constitution gives power to the national congress or the NEC to suspend or expel a group member if it believes that one is acting against the interests of the umbrella.
The group member may be expelled for failing to attend more than two consecutive meetings without an apology acceptable to the NEC and failure to pay its group membership fees.
Of late, the UDC president Duma Boko has been under pressure from some members of opposition parties who wanted him to take side on the matter before UDC NEC could hear the matter.