IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa has urged the DA and ANC to conclude their government of national unity (GNU) negotiations. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa has broken his silence on the shaky start to the formation of the government of national unity (GNU), saying the DA and the ANC must conclude their negotiations without further delay.
“It is essential the president, as the Constitution allows him, be able to reach the stage of announcing the new Cabinet. The IFP is thus calling on the ANC, the DA, and any other party to conclude the outstanding issues between them without further delay,” Hlabisa said on Friday.
Briefing the media on the uncertainty in the establishment of the GNU from the party’s headquarters in Durban after its national executive committee meeting, Hlabisa said the IFP was not immediately concerned when “alarmist reports began to emerge of a potential stalemate”.
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