LPM dismisses ‘delinquent’ critics
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has hit back at allegations by one of its founding members, Ziggy ‘Sixtus’ Isaacks, who recently resigned and accused the party of being an authoritarian institution, saying this was simply the talk of ‘delinquent’ individuals.
In his recent resignation letter, Isaacks, who has also dragged the party to the labour commissioner for outstanding salaries, said the party’s leadership was only accessible to a few “opportunistic” individuals.
“I can’t be part of an organisation who doesn’t have respect for humanity, no respect for dignity of others, no respect for the rule of Law.
“I can’t be in an organisation whose future is determined by prophets.
“I can’t continue with a party whose leaders believe in gossiping, badmouthing and gaslighting.
“I can’t be in a party whose decisions are taken on emotions and hearsay, and which doesn’t respect its own rules and regulations. I can’t be in a party where there is no democracy,” he said.
Unclean
Responding to the allegations, LPM spokesperson Eneas Emvula said they had anticipated and now observed the trend of false accusations, mudslinging, fabrications and untruths.
According to Emvula, these falsehoods are peddled by “a group of delinquent individuals, full of venom, who hate order, hate structures, hate discipline and individuals who lack revolutionary fortitude, operating with a figment of their infertile imagination.”
The LPM leadership argues that Isaacks’s deep-seated hatred for the party was borne out of a “decisive defeat” when he ran against the late Maxie Minnaar who won the regional council seat for Keetmanshoop Urban.
The party also accuses Isaacks of misappropriating N$76 000 and said it was considering legal steps and criminal charges against him for this money, which allegedly remains unaccounted for.
“Isaacks deliberately refused to, and persists in that refusal, to subject himself to basic governance systems of the institution. lacks a sense of accountability, and prefers to operate in the darkness of anarchy. We look forward to meet Mr Isaacks in the labour court, to which he has taken the party for merely expecting him to account. As a new and value-laden political formation, LPM takes very seriously the principles of accountability and ethical leadership.”
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In his recent resignation letter, Isaacks, who has also dragged the party to the labour commissioner for outstanding salaries, said the party’s leadership was only accessible to a few “opportunistic” individuals.
“I can’t be part of an organisation who doesn’t have respect for humanity, no respect for dignity of others, no respect for the rule of Law.
“I can’t be in an organisation whose future is determined by prophets.
“I can’t continue with a party whose leaders believe in gossiping, badmouthing and gaslighting.
“I can’t be in a party whose decisions are taken on emotions and hearsay, and which doesn’t respect its own rules and regulations. I can’t be in a party where there is no democracy,” he said.
Unclean
Responding to the allegations, LPM spokesperson Eneas Emvula said they had anticipated and now observed the trend of false accusations, mudslinging, fabrications and untruths.
According to Emvula, these falsehoods are peddled by “a group of delinquent individuals, full of venom, who hate order, hate structures, hate discipline and individuals who lack revolutionary fortitude, operating with a figment of their infertile imagination.”
The LPM leadership argues that Isaacks’s deep-seated hatred for the party was borne out of a “decisive defeat” when he ran against the late Maxie Minnaar who won the regional council seat for Keetmanshoop Urban.
The party also accuses Isaacks of misappropriating N$76 000 and said it was considering legal steps and criminal charges against him for this money, which allegedly remains unaccounted for.
“Isaacks deliberately refused to, and persists in that refusal, to subject himself to basic governance systems of the institution. lacks a sense of accountability, and prefers to operate in the darkness of anarchy. We look forward to meet Mr Isaacks in the labour court, to which he has taken the party for merely expecting him to account. As a new and value-laden political formation, LPM takes very seriously the principles of accountability and ethical leadership.”
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