Cape Town – EFF leader Julius Malema has announced that some members on the party’s candidate lists for parliament and provincial legislatures will not become MPs or MPLs due to their lack of participation in the election campaign.
According to Times Live, Malema expressed dissatisfaction with some party members chosen as MPs and MPLs, criticising them for not contributing effectively during the campaign season to boost the party’s votes in Wednesday’s elections.
He said that the final lists will be amended to reflect the work done during the elections.
“The EFF’s final list of MPs and provincial legislators will be amended to reflect the work done during elections. Those who did not play any role in the election work of the EFF will not go to parliament or provincial legislature, even if their names appear higher on the list submitted before the elections,” said Malema while speaking to the media over the weekend.
He added: “We advise all EFF members and leaders to comply with the decision of upper structures.”
He criticized members who were more focused on leisure activities than campaign efforts and said that those who did not contribute will be asked to decline their seats.
The final tally of the elections gave the ANC 159 places in the 400-seat National Assembly, its lowest score in a general election.
The centre-right opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) was on 87, Jacob Zuma’s MK on 58 and the EFF on 39 – followed by several minority outfits.
The vote share of the party of late liberation leader Nelson Mandela slumped to just over 40 percent from the 57 percent it won in 2019.
The new parliament is to meet within two weeks and its first task will be to elect a president to form a new government, AFP reported.
But, with no outright winner for the first time since the advent of South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy, the ANC will need to seek outside support to secure Ramaphosa’s re-election.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
