(Joint media release about coalitions in the Western Cape)
The DA and FF 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.