THE EFF STATEMENT ON A BOGUS POLICY CONFERENCE HELD IN ITS NAME
The EFF notes with concern the bogus media briefing held in eThekwini by certain former leaders of the organisation in KZN, who were less than 20 in number and misled our people into thinking they were attending a bonafide EFF policy event. It is not necessary to mention from the outset that this bogus press conference was outside the mandate of the organisation and is therefore not recognised by the EFF, a policy conference at which no policy was discussed.
The EFF will not respond to ill-disciplined members who do not understand the principles of the organisation they signed up for. The EFF has founding documents including the Constitution and the Member’s Code of Conduct which outline in detail the character of the organisation and its members; the principles of Democratic Centralism which guide our organisational operation; and the roles of structures from Branches to National bodies.
These are documents they signed up for and will be judged by.
It must be stated categorically that the EFF is not a home of position mongers and we will not tolerate and support such a culture. The CCT makes carefully considered decisions in the interests of the organisation and members are constitutionally obliged to comply with those decisions. That is our organisational culture. If they are unhappy with processes, we have structures and processes within the organisation that are specifically meant for such disgruntlements. Ours is to build this young dynamic organisation and we shall do so without hindrance from unruly elements.
These position mongers have summarily defined themselves outside of the organisation. They have called a policy conference of an organisation the EFF doesn’t know. We have been here before. We have seen the likes of the “Save the Soul of the EFF” before and they died a natural death because our mission is much bigger than these shenanigans of people who want positions at all costs, even selling their souls to the highest bidder.