As political parties begin to consolidate their grip on various municipalities, one thing that DA leader John Steenhuisen said he does not want to do “is to form unstable coalitions”.
“We are not going to rush into any knee-jerk reactions or hasty decisions. This needs to be a deliberate decision that goes the distance over the next five years,” said Steenhuisen on Wednesday.Speaking at the IEC results centre in Pretoria, Steenhuisen outlined the party’s coalition negotiation processes, saying: “The metros have been characterised by instability and what we are going out there for is a stable coalition that is going to be able to deliver services and last the distance.
“We would have loved to have been in huddles already with various parties but we do need to see what the final lie of the land is. We are hoping that by later this evening and certainly by tomorrow morning that the full picture will emerge.” “What we will then do is input the figures that we project into the matrix and what that will do is to give us the various permutations that will be possible within those municipalities and the various coalition options,” he said.
“I don’t want to go into unstable coalitions. The situation we had in Tshwane in the past five years has been incredibly difficult. Running a minority government and living between council meetings is very difficult. So I will be looking to create stable, solid coalitions that will be able to go the distance and not fall apart from one council meeting to the next,” he said.
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