MK Party sets its position engagement with ANC on ...

MK Party sets its position engagement with ANC on coalitions

Zim Now Writer

South African opposition outfit the uMkonto WeSizwe, led by former president Jacob Zuma, has said it is engaging with the African National Congress on the way forward following the May 29 elections in which the ANC failed to get an outright majority for the first time in 30 years.

In a statement signed by Nhlamulo Ndhlela of the MK Party’s Media and Communications and released yesterday, the MK party confirmed the engagements with the ANC.

“The MK Party confirms that engagements with the African National Congress (ANC) have indeed taken place regarding the coalition discussions. A meeting is expected to take place soon, where the MK Party will hear the views presented with an open mind, while firmly prioritizing the inspirations and aspirations of the South African majority and blacks in particular.”

The MK Party said that they will only engage only in the future of South Africa which prioritises the interest of the people. “We commit and reaffirm to engage only in the future of South Africa, which prioritizes the interests of the people, especially the black majority who are poor, unemployed, homeless, and landless against the interests of white monopoly capital and markets,” the MK Party said.

The Zuma-led party said that they will only support a coalition that does not further the subjugation of the majority of the people of South Africa.

“Any coalition has to focus on eradicating the systems that preserve and support the prolonged political subjugation and economic enslavement of our people,” the party said.