YCL STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT KGALEMA MOTLANTHE DECISION TO FIRE ADV VUSI PIKOLI

The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] notes and welcomes the bold move by President Kgalema Motlanthe to relieve Advocate Vusi Pikoli from his duties as the head of the National Directorate of Public Prosecutions [NDPP].

The YCL has on numerous occasions in the past expressed its deep concerns about the abuse of NPA to fight internal political battles in our movement, and our concerns about some of the operations of the Scorpions, including Hollywood style raids to the homes of ANC President Jacob Zuma and his close associates. Regrettably Pikoli has never seriously addressed these concerns.

We commend President Motlanthe for relieving Pikoli within the context of totally eliminating abuse of the NPA for narrow factional and political battles. We hope that this will restore the credibility of the NPA.

We also urge President Motlanthe to change the systems, which allowed Pikoli to abuse the Scorpions to further the interests of his political masters. Pikoli departure should also serve a basis of creating stability in the NPA and the current acting head of the NPA Adv Mkotedi Mpshe is nothing else, but a carbon copy of Pikoli.

The YCL also calls upon President Motlanthe to ensure that the Ginwala Commission report be made public. We also demand a public explanation from Pikoli on the Special Browse Mole Report since we believe he has a case to answer in the political conspiracy to discredit the President of the ANC Cde Jacob Zuma.

Statement issued by the Young Communist League Head Office, December 8 2008