ANC leaders who were elected despite facing criminal charges will stay in their positions for now, according to senior party leaders who attended Monday’s national working committee meeting of the governing party.
ANC NWC meeting split over whether re-elected leaders affected by step-aside rule should continue in their positionsZandile Gumede is regional chairperson of the ANC in eThekwini despite being charged with serious crimes and will stay in the position for now. File photo.ANC leaders who were elected despite facing criminal charges will stay in their positions for now.
This is according to senior party leaders who attended Monday’s national working committee meeting of the governing party. The ANC NWC arguments were centred on whether eThekwini regional chairperson Zandile Gumede and Mpumalanga provincial treasurer Mandla Msibi will keep their jobs after the party’s amendment of its step-aside rules.
This follows a national executive committee decision that criminally charged leaders who have been made to step aside from their positions by the ANC will be barred from contesting leadership positions in the party. But the amended guidelines were instituted only after the re-election of corruption-accused Gumede and murder-accused Msibi, leading to some in the party calling for a retrospective approach.
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