By Simon Nare
DA National Assembly chief whip George Michalakis has described the relationship between the party and the ANC in the Government of National Unity as healthy, despite the butting of heads in the administration and disagreements on policies.
During a media briefing to take stock of the year, Michalakis said on Monday there needed to be healthy debates between the GNU partners and that the country was put first.
He added that given the outcome of the May elections, the multi-party coalition was the best option.
He said the partners should be able to debate and challenge each other openly and claimed there was no longer an effective opposition since the DA had become part of the government.
“Politics by its definition is conflict and it’s a good thing that should be encouraged. Not every bit of small conflict between the DA and the ANC is a catastrophe
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