ANC NEC member David Masondo said he was “taken aback,” by an alleged U-turn by the party’s integrity commission which he says had previously indicated it would not be looking into his conduct.
“His response to the questions posed on the abuse of women were disappointing, distasteful and patronising. Not only has he not internalised the objective conditions facing women, he did not even show an understanding on this issue rather blaming the media throughout. Repeating slogans on the emancipation of women to the commission was not helpful to his case.”
“I must say I was taken aback when I was informed by the ANC integrity commission administrator, Cde Uriel Abrahamse on 23 June 2020, that I was expected to see the integrity commission following the request I had made around September 2019, because I had already been advised by the commission chairperson around November 2019 that the ANC integrity commission had discussed the matter and agreed that there was nothing wrong in me reporting a crime,” Masondo said in a written response on Friday.
He says it is unfortunate this his approach to various structures — including the women’s league, young communist league and the commission on gender equality — have been viewed as an attempt to clear his name.
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