Joint Press Statement by Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus

DA and FF Plus party leaders committed to stabilising Western Cape coalitions

The Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus national party leaders, Mr John Steenhuisen and Dr Pieter Groenewald met today to discuss the coalitions in the Western Cape.

The party leaders agreed that unstable local ANC coalition relationships are detrimental to the affected communities and that coalitions of which the parties are a part of, should be stabilised.

This agreement also entails, among other things, that the FF Plus national party leader, Dr Groenewald, will meet with the federal and provincial leadership of the DA. Inputs from local leadership of affected municipalities will be collected in order to identify the origin of problems and to find amicable solutions.

The parties are committed to ensuring that coalitions stabilise in the Western Cape and other provinces to serve communities and ensure service delivery and good municipal governance.

DA en VF Plus nasionale partyleiers daartoe verbind om Wes-Kaapse koalisies te stabiliseer

Die nasionale partyleiers van die Demokratiese Alliansie en Vryheidsfront Plus, mnr. John Steenhuisen en dr. Pieter Groenewald, het vandag vergader om die koalisies in die Wes-Kaap te bespreek.

Die partyleiers stem saam dat wankelrige plaaslike ANC koalisieverhoudings tot nadeel van die onderskeie gemeenskappe is en het ooreengekom dat koalisies waarvan die partye deel is, gestabiliseer moet word.

Hierdie ooreenkoms behels ook onder meer dat die nasionale partyleier van die VF Plus, dr Groenewald met die federale and provinsiale leierskap van die DA sal vergader. Insette van plaaslike leierskap van geaffekteerde munisipaliteite sal ook ingesamel word om die oorsprong van die probleme te identifiseer en spoedig op te los.

Die partye is daartoe verbind om te verseker dat koalisies in die Wes-Kaap en ander provinsies gestabiliseer word om gemeenskappe te dien en dienslewering sowel as goeie munisipale bestuur te verseker.