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ANC Press Release, 12 October 2006
=ANC Statement in response to the wrong interpretation of the Alliance Secretariat Statement=

The African National Congress wishes to clarify the wrong impression created by some of the media, that the release of the President's Political Overview, was the unilateral decision of the spokesperson of the ANC, Mr Smuts Ngonyama.

Contrary to what has been stated in some recent press articles, and in particular the Business Day of 12 October 2006, the release of the President's Political Overview to the media following the recent National Executive Committee meeting, had taken place only in a formal press briefing and with the express consent and approval of the relevant executive members of the African National Congress, including the Secretary General.

We undertook to inform the media and the public about key matters discussed at the National Executive Committee meeting of 6-7 October 2006, and did so through the release of the NEC Statement and the President's Political Overview.

The African National Congress will continue to communicate with the public, the media and its constituency, in an ethical, open and honest manner and will resist any, and all, attempts to destabilize and divide our movement and its alliance partners.

We hope that this statement will assist to clarify any misunderstanding or confusion that may have been caused by the inaccurate interpretation of the statement of the Alliance Secretariat, as reflected in the Business Day article.

Issued by the African National Congress P.O. Box 61884 Marshalltown 2107


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