UNITY among opposition political parties in parliament is worrying the ANC leadership in the Eastern Cape.
The party’s provincial leaders held a bilateral meeting with their Free State counterparts yesterday in an attempt to find ways to defuse the opposition's influence in the national assembly.
The meeting was held in Aliwal North and attended by members of the provincial working committees from both sides.
The delegations were led by their respective provincial bosses – Eastern Cape’s Phumulo Masualle and Ace Magashule from the Free State.
Provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane confirmed the meeting saying they hoped to find solutions to the threatening “united force” the opposition parties in parliament were showing.
“We believe that all the challenges that we see, whether it is in parliament where opposition parties are organising themselves as a united force in the manner that they are, we need a stronger and a united ANC to reach out to other provincial leaders so that we can strengthen the decisions of the NEC ,” said Mabuyane.
Over the past few weeks the DA and EFF have emerged as a force behind the united opposition benches.
Although numbers did not favour them on several attempts, the parties – DA, EFF, Freedom Front Plus, and UDM – have stood side-by-side in what they describe as defence of the country’s constitution against ANC’s dominance which the party uses to defend President Jacob Zuma.
At the heart of the ANC’s problems in the Eastern Cape is the lack of cohesion within its youth structures following the expulsion of Julius Malema as ANCYL president a year ago, which resulted in the formation of EFF.
The ANC in this province is also planning to have similar bi-lateral meetings with KwaZulu-Natal next.
“The bilateral meeting agreed that the two provinces are going to work in unison in defence of the ANC and its entire leadership including President Jacob Zuma against the ideological onslaught trying to de-legitimise the ANC.
“President Zuma remains the legitimate elected President of both South Africa and the ANC, which both passed a vote of confidence in his leadership and that of his collective,” added Mabuyane.
ANC panics over opposition parties’ unity
The party’s provincial leaders held a bilateral meeting with their Free State counterparts yesterday in an attempt to find ways to defuse the opposition's influence in the national assembly.
The meeting was held in Aliwal North and attended by members of the provincial working committees from both sides.
The delegations were led by their respective provincial bosses – Eastern Cape’s Phumulo Masualle and Ace Magashule from the Free State.
Provincial secretary Oscar Mabuyane confirmed the meeting saying they hoped to find solutions to the threatening “united force” the opposition parties in parliament were showing.
“We believe that all the challenges that we see, whether it is in parliament where opposition parties are organising themselves as a united force in the manner that they are, we need a stronger and a united ANC to reach out to other provincial leaders so that we can strengthen the decisions of the NEC ,” said Mabuyane.
Over the past few weeks the DA and EFF have emerged as a force behind the united opposition benches.
Although numbers did not favour them on several attempts, the parties – DA, EFF, Freedom Front Plus, and UDM – have stood side-by-side in what they describe as defence of the country’s constitution against ANC’s dominance which the party uses to defend President Jacob Zuma.
At the heart of the ANC’s problems in the Eastern Cape is the lack of cohesion within its youth structures following the expulsion of Julius Malema as ANCYL president a year ago, which resulted in the formation of EFF.
The ANC in this province is also planning to have similar bi-lateral meetings with KwaZulu-Natal next.
“The bilateral meeting agreed that the two provinces are going to work in unison in defence of the ANC and its entire leadership including President Jacob Zuma against the ideological onslaught trying to de-legitimise the ANC.
“President Zuma remains the legitimate elected President of both South Africa and the ANC, which both passed a vote of confidence in his leadership and that of his collective,” added Mabuyane.
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