EFF to boycott council meetings at DA-led municipalities

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), which is supporting the Democratic Alliance (DA) and other smaller parties at some municipalities, said it would no longer attend council meetings at the DA-led councils.

The party said this decision came after the DA in Nelson Mandela Metro “demonstrated an arrogance of power and white supremacy”.

The DA removed the city’s deputy mayor and United Democratic Movement (UDM) regional leader Mongameli Bobani through a motion of no confidence last month. 

The move irked the UDM and the EFF.

“Although the EFF is not part of any opposition coalition government, we have taken exception to the actions of the DA in Nelson Mandela Metro. The EFF has taken a decision to stay away from all councils meetings of the DA-led opposition coalition to demonstrate to the DA that they cannot govern alone without smaller parties.

“We will do this from time to time and when they fail to hold unity and respect smaller opposition parties.  As an organisation, we have been caught between two evils; white supremacy and arrogance on one hand, and the arrogance of corruption and kleptocracy on the other.” the party said.

The EFF said the DA has failed to “appreciate the humility of being given power” by other parties.

“They behave as though they won elections and thus can survive without smaller political parties. The DA did not win an election and thus it must respect this fact of having to work respectfully with smaller parties.

 “The DA is failing to hold the opposition parties together, through mature, patient and humble leadership. They employ the same approach of an arrogance of power that has characterised the Nationalist Party, and now the ANC, thus rendering the alternative opposition coalition local governments futile.”

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