IFP: Multi-Party Charter has achieved first goal of pushing ANC below 50%
IFP Velenkosini Hlabisa said there would be a Multi-Party Charter leaders' meeting on Saturday evening to chart a way forward.
IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa addresses the media at the IEC's National Results Operations Centre. Picture: EWN/Jacques Nelles
JOHANNESBURG - Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa says the Multi-Party Charter has achieved one of its primary goals.
Hlabisa was addressing the media at the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) National Results Operations Centre in Midrand on Saturday.
"Today [Saturday] in the evening, there is a Multi-Party Charter leaders meeting. The Multi-Party Charter achieved the first goal, the first goal was to push the ANC below 50 %," said Hlabisa.
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Hlabisa said he will meet the IFP's National Executive Committee on Sunday to discuss all the options on the table.
"I want to emphasise, that we are not desperate to get into a coalition, for the sake of a coalition. People of South Africa have spoken loud and clear, that they want a government that is going to work together with sufficient checks and balances," Hlabisa added.
The IEC is set to announce the 2024 general election results on Sunday at 6pm.