Mpofu rejects claim MKP demanded Ramaphosa’s removal for coalition

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) coalition negotiator, Advocate Dali Mpofu says the reported condition of wanting President Cyril Ramaphosa to be removed from leading the African National Congress (ANC) before any coalition can be entered into with the party was a misrepresentation of the MK party’s position after the 2024 General Elections.

This comes as negotiations are set to get underway in the local government sphere, where last week’s election failed to produce an outright majority winner in more than 130 municipalities.

Mpofu elaborates,”Quite frankly, there’s very little ideology, if a tap doesn’t have water ,it doesn’t have water for all of you whether you’re a socialist or a social democrat or a capitalist, you’ll suffer the same. So that’s really what informs our demands. Cyril Ramaphosa is not going to be the mayor of any town or a councilor so why would you want to drag an issue that really has nothing to do with the current situation into these negotiations.”

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