SACP STATEMENT ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT, ON LIBYA AND GRADE 12 EXAMINATIONS
On the announcement made by the President of the Republic, Cde Jacob Zuma
The SACP welcomes the statement made today by the President announcing changes to the composition of the Cabinet. We specifically congratulate Central Committee members cde Thulas Nxesi (on his appointment to the crucial position of Minister of Public Works) and cde Lechesa Tsenoli (on his appointment as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Affairs). Once more this is an affirmation of the trust that hard-working communists enjoy in the ANC in their own right as ANC members.
The President of the Republic has proven his critics wrong. For weeks he has been characterised as indecisive by the alarmists who want him to act with haste. In the name of action the centre-right liberals and their media brigade have wanted the President to act without due consideration.
The SACP welcomes the announcement of the suspension of the Commissioner of Police pending the outcome of the investigation into the SAPS offices lease. We trust that due process will be given an opportunity to be concluded. Similarly the SACP trusts that the commission of inquiry into the arms deal will be allowed necessary space to conduct the investigation in a fair manner and bring to closure this matter. We applaud the President for this measures.
The media has a particular obligation to inform the public correctly and to stop feeding into a frenzy of uncertainty, grounded in their visceral dislike of President Zuma.