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The Transitional Executive Council (TEC) was a multiparty body in South Africa that was established by law to facilitate the transition to democracy, in the lead-up to the country's first non-racial election in April 1994.[2][3]

As part of the multi-party negotiations that ended apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) pushed for the creation of a body that would ensure a level playing field, arguing that the governing National Party would not be impartial, as it would also be contesting the election.[3]

The TEC was created by the Transitional Executive Council Act, 1993, and consisted of one member of each of the parties that participated in the negotiations, with the notable exceptions of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and the Freedom Alliance, an alliance of right-wing and black groups such as the Inkatha Freedom Party who had abandoned the negotiation process.[3][4]

The TEC consisted of 19 people, one each from the 19 political groups that participated in the negotiations, and it had a number of subcouncils. These subcouncils were focused on particular areas, such as stability and security, intelligence, and law and order, with members appointed because of specific expertise, and they received instructions from the TEC.[3] TEC subcouncils had the power to curtail government actions, to access information relevant to their purposes, and to review and reject legislation passed by the Tricameral Parliament of South Africa and the Bantustans if it deemed that these laws would hamper the attainment of democratic elections.[3]

Aunque el presidente del Estado, Frederik de Klerk, restó importancia al papel del TEC tras su primera sesión el 7 de diciembre de 1993, Cyril Ramaphosa , representante del ANC en dicho organismo, afirmó que marcó el fin del gobierno de la minoría en Sudáfrica. [ 4 ] El TEC fue la primera vez que los sudafricanos negros desempeñaron un papel importante en la gobernanza del país, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] y una de sus acciones fue la destitución del gobierno de Ciskei tras su colapso en marzo de 1994 y el nombramiento de dos administradores para el territorio. [ 5 ] Junto con el gobierno sudafricano, también tomó el control de Boputhatswana después de que el gobierno de Lucas Mangope se negara a garantizar la celebración de elecciones libres y justas en el territorio. [ 6 ]

Referencias

  1. ↑ "Primera reunión del Consejo Ejecutivo Transitorio, 7 de diciembre de 1993" . 1993.
  2. ↑ "El Consejo Ejecutivo de Transición celebra su primera reunión en Ciudad del Cabo y aprueba una resolución del Comité Negociador Multipartidista" . Historia de Sudáfrica en línea. 5 de diciembre de 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 O'Malley, Padraig. "Consejo Ejecutivo de Transición (TEC)" . Centro de Memoria Nelson Mandela.
  4. 1 2 3 "Los pilares del apartheid se derrumban en Sudáfrica" . Baltimore Sun. 8 de diciembre de 1993.
  5. ↑ "Sudáfrica toma las riendas de la patria de Ciskei" . Reuters. 24 de marzo de 1994 – vía LA Times.
  6. ↑ Dlamini, Ndaba (5 de marzo de 2004). "72 días que moldearon Sudáfrica (2)" .
  • "Ley del Consejo Ejecutivo Transitorio de 1993"