ActionSA says it has resolved to close the door on the EFF’s coalition proposal. In a statement, the party says its highest decision-making body, the Senate, took the decision during its meeting on Friday night.
The party said the main reason for the rejection of the proposal is that they don’t want to be dependent on support from the African National Congress (ANC).
ActionSA from the outset stated they would never form a coalition with the ANC, accusing them of being corrupt.
ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba shares more on rejecting EFF’s proposal on coalitions:
Mashaba explains, “Just imagine us as ActionSA needs to run Joburg with the support of the ANC, knowing very well that the ANC, it’s a problem, the ANC is a corrupt organisation. The ANC is an organisation that believes in cadre deployment.
Now you’ve got to rely on them to run government. So I think we’re not really prepared to be compromised in that fashion. Relying on this problem to solve this problem, I think one does not have to be a rocket scientist [to realise] that you are compromising your values, compromising the mandate given by the voters.
The ANC has failed to secure enough votes to form governments in key municipalities including six metros after the Local Government Elections.
It is now racing to identify which parties are interested after ActionSA and the IFP openly said they would not work with the ANC.
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