Time is running out for political parties in 66 hung councils to form coalitions or, at the very least, come to working agreements.
Time is running out for political parties in 66 hung councils to form coalitions or, at the very least, come to working agreements in new municipal governments. Parties normally have 14 days to constitute a new council and the clock would normally have started ticking last Thursday, when the IEC published the results and fixed the deadline for 19 November at 6pm.
But parties have four more days to play with as the final election result was only gazetted on Wednesday, which shifts the deadline to 23 November.’s deputy chief executive officer, Masego“This was done by way of a Time is running out for political parties in 66 hung councils to form coalitions or, at the very least, come to working agreements in new municipal governments.
Should there be no coalition and at the very least a working agreement between parties, the first session may present significant challenges and, should a mayor be elected eventually, the process may be scuppered by a vote of no confidence tendered by an opposing party. If parties cannot find common ground to work together there may be grounds for a rerun of the local elections.
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