MK Party not interested in GNU unless Ramaphosa resigns

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Cape Town — The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is not entertaining any idea of a coalition, as long as current African National Congress (ANC) leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, remains president.

The MK and ANC party have had their differences regarding the new party’s name, as well as former president, Jacob Zuma’s involvement with the party. Party spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlea, has reiterated that the party wants Ramaphosa to step down immeidately, IOL reported.

“Let us be clear, we want Ramaphosa to go. We are speaking to the ANC and we met with them today, but it’s not the ANC of Ramaphosa. The ANC knows what it needs to do to save this country, and that is to ensure he steps down. There are those within the ANC who don’t want him to go because they are protecting their own interests, but there is an overwhelming consensus from key ANC leaders that he needs to go in the interests of the country,” Ndhlela said.
Ndhlela’s comments come after the Democratic Alliance (DA) said it would not enter the proposed Government of National Unity (GNU) if the MK, EFF or Patriotic Alliance (PA) were part of it.

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The PA and IFP remain two of the mmajor parties who agreed to join the GNU, while the MK and EFF are firmly against it.

This leaves the ANC – still the biggest party despite its reduced majority, having to choose between  a coalition with the DA without the MK and EFF or a broad-based black pact without the DA.

Ndhlela said the party was confident of a resolution, if those within the ANC acted on what needed to be done to move the country forward. He also responded to Fikile Mbalula’s claim that Ramaphsoa would not leave the party.

“Fikile has ambitions of being the president of the ANC, what he says publicly and what he does behind the scenes is another thing. Those wanting Ramaphosa gone outweigh those who want him to remain. But if the ANC decides to go into any coalition involving the DA, that would be the end of the ANC. That’s a guarantee.” Ndhlela said.

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