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struggle and our life there. It was during this year, 1968, that FRELIMO held its second Congress, the first to take place in national territory. The resolutions of the Congress are already widely known, but we must mention here some of its most important results. First of all there was the reorganisation of the top directing body of FRELIMO, Before the second Congress, there was only one directing body: the Central Committee, with three functions: legislative, administrative and judicial. At the second Congress the Central Committee was expanded from twenty to forty members, comprising people elected by the Congress and by the Provincial Councils and has responsibility for legislation. The Political and Military Committee was established to study and resolve the urgent problems of the struggle in these spheres and to submit semiannual reports to the Central Committee. Finally, the Executive Committee consisting of the President, the Vice-President and the Secretaries of the Departments, direct the struggle, carrying out the policy established by the Central Committee within the directives laid down by the Congress itself. This reorganisation of the top structural organs is already proving highly successful. The expansion of the Central Committee to double its original size permitted the inclusion of militants who work in the political and military front lines. The presence of these new members has made a valuable contribution to the work of the Central Committee and has reduced the distance that was developing between the cadres and the masses. Moreover, the fact that the new Executive Committee has only administrative functionseliminated any sense of inaccessiblity, which was a contradictory factor in a revolutionary and popular movement like FRELIMO. The effect of this reorganisation had a striking impact on the first meeting of the new Central Committee in August, 1968. The new members introduced a stimulating and refreshing spirit into the meeting. Problems were discussed with a frankness worthy of a fighting movement, and the decisions and conclusions were unequivocal. It would not be honest to end without referring to some of the problems which our organisation has faced during the year 1968« It is too much to expect that FRELIMO should have achieved so many victories against the enemy and yet not have suffered any setbacks. During the past year, the enemy has not just confined themselves to confrontations on the battle-field, where they suffer constant punishment. The traditional cowardice of the Portuguese Government forced it to resort to all kinds of tricks in an attempt to compensate for defeats being suffered on the military front. We have already referred to the indiscriminate use of air-craft against the innocent and defenceless population. In these air- attacks it is naturally the people who suffer, particularly the women, -3-
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Full text | struggle and our life there. It was during this year, 1968, that FRELIMO held its second Congress, the first to take place in national territory. The resolutions of the Congress are already widely known, but we must mention here some of its most important results. First of all there was the reorganisation of the top directing body of FRELIMO, Before the second Congress, there was only one directing body: the Central Committee, with three functions: legislative, administrative and judicial. At the second Congress the Central Committee was expanded from twenty to forty members, comprising people elected by the Congress and by the Provincial Councils and has responsibility for legislation. The Political and Military Committee was established to study and resolve the urgent problems of the struggle in these spheres and to submit semiannual reports to the Central Committee. Finally, the Executive Committee consisting of the President, the Vice-President and the Secretaries of the Departments, direct the struggle, carrying out the policy established by the Central Committee within the directives laid down by the Congress itself. This reorganisation of the top structural organs is already proving highly successful. The expansion of the Central Committee to double its original size permitted the inclusion of militants who work in the political and military front lines. The presence of these new members has made a valuable contribution to the work of the Central Committee and has reduced the distance that was developing between the cadres and the masses. Moreover, the fact that the new Executive Committee has only administrative functionseliminated any sense of inaccessiblity, which was a contradictory factor in a revolutionary and popular movement like FRELIMO. The effect of this reorganisation had a striking impact on the first meeting of the new Central Committee in August, 1968. The new members introduced a stimulating and refreshing spirit into the meeting. Problems were discussed with a frankness worthy of a fighting movement, and the decisions and conclusions were unequivocal. It would not be honest to end without referring to some of the problems which our organisation has faced during the year 1968« It is too much to expect that FRELIMO should have achieved so many victories against the enemy and yet not have suffered any setbacks. During the past year, the enemy has not just confined themselves to confrontations on the battle-field, where they suffer constant punishment. The traditional cowardice of the Portuguese Government forced it to resort to all kinds of tricks in an attempt to compensate for defeats being suffered on the military front. We have already referred to the indiscriminate use of air-craft against the innocent and defenceless population. In these air- attacks it is naturally the people who suffer, particularly the women, -3- |
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