The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) has ascribed its election success to “minority groups such as the Afrikaners” being blamed for everything that’s going wrong in the country.
In an extensive interview with City Press’ sister publication Rapport, party leader Pieter Groenewald said that its growth had more than doubled after the elections this week because minority groups, such as Afrikaners, are tired of taking the blame.
According to the final election results, the party received more than 414 000 votes this year, up from about 165 000 in 2014, raising its support by 2.38%. Answering a question about DA members who say “good riddance” in response to allegations that they have seemingly lost voters to the FF+, Groenewald said: “Aren’t you ashamed? Isn’t it an insult to your once loyal voters; those who you took for granted? You thought your traditional voters were a given. You underestimated [them].
“And don’t make a mistake, it was the DA’s reaction to [teacher] Elana Barkhuizen in Schweizer-Reneke that made people see red. The worst is that it was this DA youth leader [who shared the photo], but also Mmusi, who supported him and didn’t repudiate him.
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