afrol News - ANC damns opposition calls

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ANC damns opposition calls

afrol News, 14 February - South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has rejected the opposition's calls for the dissolution of parliament and resignation of the country's entire executive.

The opposition parties - Democratic Alliance and Independent Democrats - moved the motions defending that there are enough reasons for the Mbeki led government to resign. They cited several challenges, including the current energy crisis, facing South
Africa.

"We believe that such calls have no merit and smack of rank opportunism," ANC reacted, blaming the opposition deputies of suffering from "political bankruptcy."

"They have demonstrated to the nation that they have run out of ideas. Point-scoring gimmicks are not going to help us solve the challenges we currently face as a country. What people need are solutions that would alleviate these challenges, not political
grandstanding."

ANC said the parties' unfortunate calls were clear demonstration in their lack of interest in the consolidation of the gains South Africa has made in the past 14 years.

The governing party said it has "full confidence in its policies and their potential to help us deliver the better life for all that we have promised to the people of this country."

Acknowledging that a lot still needs to be done to ensure that all South Africans live under decent and human conditions, ANC believed that all hands should be on the deck to search for lasting solutions to the country's numerous challenges.

ANC has also launched a nation-wide campaign to sensitise South Africans about the extent of the energy crisis. Dubbed 'SAVE ELECTRICITY TODAY SO THAT WE HAVE IT TOMMORROW', the campaign would encourage citiwens to use electricity responsibly.

"The energy challenges facing us as a nation are serious and overcoming them will require commitment and ingenuity from all South Africans to find solutions. This also gives us an opportunity to develop alternative powersupplies such as energy-saving light bulbs and solar water heaters, which in the long run will have positive spin-offs for global challenges such as climate change."