Gauteng DA claims ANC offered it 2 positions in Lesufi's Cabinet after requesting at least 3
Disagreements in the division of power are understood to be the main driver of deadlock in negotations.
FILE: The DA's Gauteng chairperson, Solly Msimanga. Picture: X/DAGauteng
JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng claims it was offered two portfolios in Premier Panyaza Lesufi's 10-member executive after requesting at least three positions.
Disagreements in the division of power are understood to be the main driver of deadlock in negotiations.
On Monday, Lesufi postponed his Cabinet announcement at the eleventh hour, after the DA and African National Congress (ANC) failed to find common ground.
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DA chairperson in Gauteng, Solly Msimanga, said that while the party demanded to head six committees in the legislature, the ANC only offered two.
"If we were taking three executive positions, we were expecting the ANC or other parties would be the chairpersons of those portfolios so that we are then able to play an oversight role. This is why we said we would take six committees instead of arguing for 15 or 16. That was accepted by them and then all of a sudden they came back to say they are giving us two."