NFP leader Irvin Barnes. (National Freedom Party – NFP – Updates/Facebook)
NFP president Irvin Barnes claims that the ANC has agreed, “in principle”, to giving his party either one or two Cabinet positions in the GNU, despite it not having a seat in Parliament.
According to Chapter 5’s Section 91 (3) of the Constitution, President Cyril Ramaphosa bears the prerogative power to appoint no more than two ministers from outside the National Assembly. News24 understands that one of those positions is likely to go to former international relations minister Naledi Pandor, who has indicated that she would step down. However, she is understood to remain the president’s preference for the post.
Though the NFP failed to win a single seat nationally, the party is key to the ANC holding some portfolios in KwaZulu-Natal and has also played a crucial role in forming the provincial government of unity (PGU) in KwaZulu-Natal.
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