Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has justified his comments that the ANC needed to lose the elections in order for the party to self-reflect. But he also said he has no doubt that the ANC would win the upcoming elections. By JKwritingz
In the same breath, the former president also reiterated his allegiance to the party and that he has no doubt that the ANC would win the upcoming elections.
“If you leave out the context you can then easily take the comments in a manner which leave it subject to a multitude of interpretations, whereas the comments were intended as a plea that the ANC should seize the moment leading up to its elective conference to fix the party’s weaknesses and do right, failing which we might have had to lose the elections to force us to introspect,” said Motlanthe.
However, he urged potential voters to place their faith in the party’s integrity committee, saying it had vetted all the names and those in the final list were deemed worthy to be on it.
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