By Political Bureau
The ANC Youth League has ratcheted up its rhetoric ahead of ANC president Jacob Zuma's appearance in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday, slamming his prosecution as a "grave political injustice" and saying "no stone must be left unturned in his defence".
The league on Sunday also repeated its demand for President Thabo Mbeki to be recalled by the ANC and for early elections to be held.
The position was officially adopted at the weekend at the first meeting of the league's new national executive committee, which was elected during the second phase of the organisation's 23rd national conference last month.
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The first phase in Bloemfontein was abandoned when the conference deteriorated into a water-bottle missile fight and the display of naked buttocks and mock coffins as opposing camps ridiculed opposing candidates.
The new leadership, which includes eight newly elected members of the national working committee, reaffirmed its support for Zuma, insisting that he "will be the face of the ANC election campaign" and that he "will become the country's next president".
The league expressed its "utter distaste" at what it described as the continued manipulation of important institutions of democracy by individuals who were determined to advance their agenda to destroy the ANC president and the ANC itself.
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This article was originally published on page 2 of The Mercury on August 04, 2008
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