South Africa|The president’s ANC party has been negotiating with other parties to form a so-called government of national unity due to the extraordinary election result.
in South Africa the national assembly elected the president on friday Cyril Ramaphosa for the next season.
The majority of legislators voted in favor of a five-year extension. The ANC’s Ramaphosa received a total of 283 votes, while his only significant challenger in the vote, the EFF Julius Malema got less than 50.
Ramaphosa is due to be sworn in next week, when he will also announce his new coalition government.
Lie The ANC, which has ruled alone for 30 years, suffered an unprecedented defeat in last month’s election, winning only about 40 percent of the vote and losing its majority in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. In recent years, the ANC’s support has been eaten away by, among other things, corruption scandals.
After its weak election success, the party has had to negotiate with other parties on the formation of the so-called national unity government.
The new board includes the general secretary of the ANC Fikile Mbalula including the majority of the 18 parties that have representatives in the National Assembly.
The largest partner party is the former main opposition party DA, whose support comes mainly from the white liberal middle class.
“At the heart of this government of national unity is a shared respect for and defense of our constitution and the rule of law,” DA President John Steenhuisen told.
EFF party the representatives did not give their support to the future government, as they refuse to participate in an alliance with right-wing or white-led parties. The EFF, which is considered radical, has, among other things, demanded the nationalization of large farms and has not been ready to compromise its positions. The vast majority of farms are owned by the country’s white minority, as a result of racial upheaval.
“This is not a government of national unity, this is a grand coalition between the ANC and white monopoly capital. History will judge you harshly,” Malema of the EFF, which challenged Ramaphosa in Friday’s vote, said after conceding his defeat.
of South Africa of the former president Jacob Zuma The MK party has denied the election result. Party representatives boycotted Friday’s meeting.
“Today’s meeting of the National Assembly is, in our opinion, illegal and contrary to the constitution”, MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said news agency AFP.
Although Zuma’s MK party is politically close to the ANC, the relationship between Ramaphosa and Zuma is frozen. Zuma, convicted of corruption, used to belong to the ANC. Ramaphosa first came to power in 2018, when Zuma had to leave his position after being marred by corruption allegations.
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