In defence of the BNF left Reply to Cde Boko (Part 1)

We were left wondering why Cde Duma Boko found it appropriate to initiate a debate on such a wide range of issues – from the state of the BNF to weighty and complex questions such as the relevance of Marxism and the historical meaning of the Russian revolution in a party newspaper hastily published on the eve of a party congress.

If for the sake of general theoretical education and enlightenment of party members, such a discussion was deemed important it would have been better to initiate it through more detailed internal discussion documents channelled through party structures well before the party congress, to facilitate a more rational and enriching exchange of views. It is obvious that some of these issues cannot even be adequately dealt with within the columns of a party newspaper.