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ANC warns that Ramaphosa’s Presidency will be non-negotiable during coalition talks

ANC warns that Ramaphosa's Presidency will be non-negotiable during coalition talks

June 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The African National Congress (ANC), the party with the most votes in the general elections held this week in South Africa, has warned this Sunday that it will not tolerate the parties with which it is negotiating the necessary government coalition demanding the resignation of the country’s president in exchange. and party leader Cyril Ramaphosa.

“As far as the coalitions are concerned: if you come to us with the demand that Ramaphosa must resign as president, know that that is not going to happen,” warned the secretary general of the formation, Fikile Mbalula, at the end of an appearance in which he has had no choice but to address the enormous electoral setback that his party has suffered, which has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in the country’s 30 years of democratic history.

“We want to assure people that we are listening, and that we have heard their concerns, their frustrations and their dissatisfaction,” he made known in his speech, published on social networks.

The ANC and the second most voted party in the elections, Democratic Alliance, are already starting talks to resolve an unprecedented coalition government. The collaboration of AD would guarantee a parliamentary majority thanks to the 40 percent of votes obtained by Congress plus the provisional 21 percent that the formation led by John Steenhuisen has for now, a party closely linked to the economic elites and exponent of the minority. white of the country.

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