Motormouth DA leader John Steenhuisen has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare the election date during his party’s voter registration campaign in Soweto with his political lieutenant Solly Msimanga who is DA’s Gauteng premier candidate.
President Ramaphosa is expected to make the election date announcement during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) next week.
South African Constitution declares that the elections must be held within 90 days of the expiry of the current term of the National Assembly and provincial legislatures in mid-May.
“We would like the election as soon as possible. We can’t wait a moment longer to liberate the country from corruption. The maladministration, the weak governance, the crime and criminality that South Africans are subjected to. The sooner, the better. We’re calling on the president, call that date. We are ready, we want to bring it on for this election and I think the people of the country are also tired of waiting and having to deal with poor service delivery,” said Steenhuisen.
“In places, like Soweto, people are very upset about the poor levels of service here, the neglect that they feel here and obviously, they want an opportunity to express themselves at the polls. We are ready to go tomorrow if the election is called and we say to the president, call the date. We’ll meet you at the ballot.”
The opposition party confirmed it does not plan to challenge an early election date should President Ramaphosa make such an announcement.
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