ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has rejected the DAs proposal of a 5-4-1 Gauteng provincial cabinet between the ANC, DA and IFP, stating boldly that Premier Panyaza Lesufi would announce his executive on Wednesday night, with or without the Democratic Alliance.
Mbalula said the ANC in Gauteng cannot agree to the DA's proposals for the formation of the Gauteng government, saying the DA leadership led by Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille had misinterpreted the Statement of Intent of the Government of National Unity.
Talks between the DA and the ANC in Gauteng deadlocked on Tuesday as the DA wants the ANC to take five MEC positions for the ANC, four for the DA and one position for the IFP.
Mbalula said the DAs own initial demand was for three MEC positions, deputy speaker and chair of chairs in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, which the ANC accepted.
On Tuesday, the two parties met with intentions of forming a government of provincial unity but they failed to come to terms with each other.
