DA in Gauteng will not support provincial budget votes - Msimang
DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga speaks to the media on DA's position of budget votes in the Gauteng provincial legislature.The DA in Gauteng will not support any budget votes by the ANC-led coalition, this despite parties in the provincial government of unity previously expressing confidence that opposition parties would vote in passing of budgets and bills.
Briefing the media ahead of the house sittings of the provincial legislature to debate on budget votes, the DA outlined its position on the budget votes. Its Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga revealed that the party would not support of the budgets, saying they were not dealing with and adequately addressing the issues the province was facing.Therefore, we will not be supporting these budgets.
“But ultimately, we're hoping that sanity can prevail and that some of the things we are proposing are going to be taken up and implemented. Then ultimately, we'll be able to serve the people of Gauteng.”With the PGU excluding the DA as it only made up of the Patriotic Alliance, the IFP and Rise Mzansi, Gauteng was now a minority government and the ANC-led coalition would require parties from outside its collective to pass any budgets. The coalition has 32 seats.
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