Johnathan Paoli
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) is demanding representation in five of the cabinet clusters, amounting to eleven ministerial positions, and either the position of Deputy President, or of Minister in the Presidency designated as Leader of Government Business and Deputy Minister of Finance.
In a leaked letter from DA Federal Council Chair Helen Zille, dated 23 June, she outlined two main factors in considering the cabinet, namely determining the number of posts based on proportional representation; and the two biggest parties of the GNU, sacrificing posts proportionally to an “inclusivity pot”.
However, on Monday, the ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula said in a statement that some parties in the GNU have been making outlandish and outrageous demands for specific cabinet positions in the media.
“Negotiating through leaking demands to the media is an act of bad faith and this practice will not help the cause of any party. It
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