Dear Comrade Lindile Fikizolo, (chair, Midrand branch, Cope),
RE: RESIGNATION FROM THE CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE
IT PAINS me to come to the conclusion that the Congress of the People has failed as a vehicle of our people's hopes for a balanced and deepening democracy. The developments of the last few months have in many ways demonstrated that we have become worse than that which we purportedly sought to oppose. Please receive this note as my letter of resignation from Cope.
We have over the last two years of our existence:
Witnessed an alarming spectre of dishonest leaders - leaders who say something in the public and do exactly the opposite in the party.
We have witnessed the worst "power mongery" in the organisation. A power play that has seen the failure of our organisation to conduct a decent exercise in democracy - that of electing a credible leadership with a mandate of the people. In the process the image of this organisation has suffered irreparable harm - harm that will take a miracle to restore.