DA federal council chair Helen Zille announced that her party and the ANC have not reached an agreement on the composition of a Gauteng government after the two parties failed to agree on a statement of intent.
This is despite a meeting to advance negotiations between the parties on Tuesday having made some progress, she said. Until now, the ANC has been prepared to offer the DA a maximum of three out of 10 cabinet seats, without telling us how many seats they intend to take for themselves, and how many they propose to offer to other parties.
The ANC today conceded that they had intended to allocate three seats to the DA, and seven to themselves, out of a cabinet of 10 including the ANC premier.
Zille criticised the move, saying the allocation fell far short of the requirements set out in clause 16 of the statement of intent, given that the DA comprises 45% and the ANC 55% of the government of provincial unity (GPU).
It also excluded the IFP that has been part of the national agreement from the start. We stated that this intention did not meet the requirement of good faith to the original signatories of the government of national unity (GNU).
