On Saturday, the party held a virtual FedEx meeting. Several sources described to News24 what transpired.
The DA’s Federal Executive will recommend to the party’s Federal Council that they hold their leadership election via a virtual platform at the end of October – a development believed to work in favour of interim leader John Steenhuisen’s bid to become the permanent leader.
DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone made a counterproposal that the elective conference be held on 31 October. This was seconded by Mpumalanga leader Jane Sithole.The reasoning behind the proposal for the delayed conference was the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. There was also an argument that a virtual election would leave out the poor, given access to technology and areas with poor network coverage.
Initially, several FedCo members were opposed to the idea of the October virtual elective conference. One leader told News24 some members of the federal executive argued that the annual general meetings would not be concluded in time for the election. In the end, this swayed enough FedEx members to approve a recommendation to FedCo to have the elective conference at the end of October.News24 understands Gana, Mncwango and Moodey voted against the proposal, and some FedEx members abstained, as there remained some reservations. Zille promised that the concerns would be addressed at the FedCo meeting. In a statement released on Sunday morning, she confirmed the FedEx resolution.
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