Malema warns EFF members against lobbying and corruption

POLOKWANE – EFF leader Julius Malema conducted a dry run in Limpopo over the weekend to prepare for the party’s National People’s Assembly.

Held in Westenburg on Saturday, the event was part of the Provincial General Assemblies (PGAs) taking place nationwide to select delegates for the internal election process scheduled for next month.

Malema stressed the importance of choosing accountable delegates.

“These must be people we can touch and see.” He called for discipline and order among “fighters” and cautioned against succumbing to external influences that promote anarchy during the assembly.

He outlined prohibited lobbying practices aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the election process.

These include:

a) Raising and using funds and other resources to campaign for election;

b) Distributing money to EFF members and structures as part of a campaign for leadership election;

c) Production of T-shirts, posters and other paraphernalia to promote a particular list of candidates;

d) Promising positions or other incentives or threatening to withhold such, as a means of gaining support;

e) Using the media to promote a particular list of candidates and to spread malicious rumours falsehoods or allegations against those with whom you disagree;

f) Leaking confidential information to the media; secret interaction with journalists with the intention to get them to write stories on internal organisational issues or communicating internal decisions

a) Negative campaigning, which relates to attacks on the integrity of other comrades both within the structures of the movement and in other forums;

b) Suppressing honest and legitimate debate about the calibre of candidates in formal meetings of the movement;

c) Allowing structures or individuals to condone violation of constitutional provisions and/or regulations, and/or failing to report such violations when they occur;

d) Using the offices, resources and staff of the EFF or any state institutions or company as machinery to promote a particular list of candidates;

e) Using violence, intimidation and threats to coerce/force those who hold a different view;

f) Setting up structures outside the organisation to promote or lobby for a particular candidate(s);

g) Convening meetings to discuss leadership issues under the false pretext that they are organised constitutional structures;

h) Production and distribution of documents and pamphlets not approved by the structures of the organisation will not be allowed.

Malema said that no violations of these rules would be tolerated, and urged members to protect the integrity of the movement and ensure a smooth and disciplined assembly process.