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ActionSA has announced that it will not formally participate in the upcoming National Dialogue Convention, citing unresolved concerns over the process and the legality of its funding.<\/p>\n
The party revealed it will instead send two senior Members of Parliament, Dr Kgosi Letlape and Lerato Ngobeni, to attend in an observation capacity only.<\/p>\n
previously reported that several legacy foundations, including the <\/span>Steve Biko Foundation, Thabo Mbeki Foundation, Chief Albert Luthuli Foundation, Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, WDB Foundation, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, and the Strategic Dialogue Group, withdrew from the dialogue last Friday.<\/p>\n In a joint statement issued on Friday, the group said the decision was made with \u201cdeep regret\u201d but was necessary to protect the process\u2019s credibility and integrity.<\/span><\/p>\n They accused the organisers of shifting the initiative away from its citizen-led origins towards government control.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat began as a citizen-led initiative has unfortunately in practice shifted towards government control,\u201d the statement read.<\/span><\/p>\n AfriForum, the Solidarity union, and the Freedom Front Plus have also pulled out.<\/p>\n ActionSA Parliamentary Leader Athol Trollip said the party expressed its disapproval of the event\u2019s organisation, saying there had been no meaningful engagement with stakeholders or parliamentary committees, particularly regarding how the convention was budgeted for.<\/p>\n \u201cActionSA remains unconvinced that any of the concerns raised by key stakeholders, organisers and the broader public have been addressed,\u201d Trollip said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is an insistence on forging ahead despite serious, unresolved questions, particularly regarding the lawful appropriation of the budget, a matter on which no parliamentary committee has been duly engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n He confirmed that ActionSA would not \u201cparticipate in or lend legitimacy to a process under these circumstances,\u201d but clarified that the party would still exercise its oversight role.<\/p>\n \u201cRecognising that the dialogue will proceed regardless, we will not be absent from our duty to exercise oversight over a process funded by taxpayers,\u201d Trollip said.<\/p>\n Trollip said the two MPs attending the convention will do so at their own personal expense and will have a strict mandate to observe and assess whether the event is \u201ca meaningful platform for reform\u201d or \u201cmerely an electioneering exercise that misappropriates public funds under the guise of public participation.\u201d<\/p>\n He also criticised the Government of National Unity (GNU), accusing its parties of abandoning accountability.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only reason we are confronted with this fraught National Dialogue is that all parties in the GNU committed to it through the signed statement of intent. Yet, these parties now refuse to take responsibility for the process or to exercise any oversight over its unfolding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n ActionSA said it would step in to \u201csafeguard the interests of South Africans and ensure proper oversight and accountability over every cent spent on this National Dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n hope.ntanzi@iol.co.za<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Politics <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ActionSA has announced that it will not formally participate in the upcoming National Dialogue Convention, citing unresolved concerns over the process and the legality of its funding. The party revealed it will instead send two senior Members of Parliament, Dr Kgosi Letlape and Lerato Ngobeni, to attend in an observation capacity only. previously reported that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[7086,11533,11972,1121,4889,169,5095,342],"class_list":["post-249706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-actionsa","tag-dialogue","tag-monitor","tag-mps","tag-national","tag-sends","tag-snubs","tag-spending"],"yoast_head":"\nGet your news on the go, click here to join the News WhatsApp channel.<\/strong><\/h2>\n