ID CONVENES SPECIAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS FUTURE REALIGNMENT OF POLITICS IN SOUTH AFRICA
1 FEBRUARY 2009The Independent Democrats will convene a special National Conference in Cape Town on 20 March 2010 to discuss the future realignment of politics in South Africa.
The
Independent Democrats will convene a special National Conference in
Cape Town on 20 March 2010 to discuss the future realignment of
politics in South Africa.
The leaders of Cope, the DA and the UDM have been invited to address the special National Conference, which will be held in the CTICC.
The Conference, the highest decision-making body in the party, has been called to discuss the mandate [resolution below] it received from the National Executive Committee in May last year to enter into exploratory talks with other opposition parties.
Branch delegates from all nine provinces will attend the Conference.
Invitations have already been sent to the leaders of Cope, the DA and the UDM, the three parties that the ID has been engaged with since May 2009.
The three leaders have been invited to share with the ID delegates their party’s views on the future realignment of politics in South Africa.
For media enquiries, please call Steven Otter, the ID National Media Officer, on 084 233 3811
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
17 May 2009
The National Executive Committee of the Independent Democrats hereby affords the party leadership the mandate to enter into exploratory talks with other opposition political parties.
The engagement with other political parties must be informed by 8 main principles and objectives that have up until now guided the principles and values of the Independent Democrats.
The talks must therefore -
1. be Constitutionally-focused
2. aim to achieve a non-racial, non-sexist society
3. be pro-poor in focus
4. be pro-transformation
5. aim to build up an alternative opposition discourse that is not just anti-ANC
6. encompass a credible policy framework that embodies a social democratic ideology
7. be committed to fighting corruption and rooting it out of our society
8. and drive the agenda of reforming the political party funding regime
The NEC envisages the process as follows –
1. One year to negotiate and consult
2. One year to canvass party structures
The end goal is to be ready for the 2011 local government elections.
ENDS…
The leaders of Cope, the DA and the UDM have been invited to address the special National Conference, which will be held in the CTICC.
The Conference, the highest decision-making body in the party, has been called to discuss the mandate [resolution below] it received from the National Executive Committee in May last year to enter into exploratory talks with other opposition parties.
Branch delegates from all nine provinces will attend the Conference.
Invitations have already been sent to the leaders of Cope, the DA and the UDM, the three parties that the ID has been engaged with since May 2009.
The three leaders have been invited to share with the ID delegates their party’s views on the future realignment of politics in South Africa.
For media enquiries, please call Steven Otter, the ID National Media Officer, on 084 233 3811
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
17 May 2009
The National Executive Committee of the Independent Democrats hereby affords the party leadership the mandate to enter into exploratory talks with other opposition political parties.
The engagement with other political parties must be informed by 8 main principles and objectives that have up until now guided the principles and values of the Independent Democrats.
The talks must therefore -
1. be Constitutionally-focused
2. aim to achieve a non-racial, non-sexist society
3. be pro-poor in focus
4. be pro-transformation
5. aim to build up an alternative opposition discourse that is not just anti-ANC
6. encompass a credible policy framework that embodies a social democratic ideology
7. be committed to fighting corruption and rooting it out of our society
8. and drive the agenda of reforming the political party funding regime
The NEC envisages the process as follows –
1. One year to negotiate and consult
2. One year to canvass party structures
The end goal is to be ready for the 2011 local government elections.
ENDS…
