19 hours Ago By Sibahle Motha
Home | DA’s budget vote shows it’s ‘no decisive force’ in GNU: Mashilo South African Communist Party (SACP) spokesperson, Dr Alex Mashilo, says Wednesday’s voting pattern in Parliament proves that the Democratic Alliance is not a decisive force in the Government of National Unity (GNU). This follows the passing of the national budget by the National Assembly earlier this week. The SACP has hit out at the DA for not supporting the fiscal policy framework, stating that the party must see itself out of the GNU.
The DA did not vote for the 2025 fiscal framework after its economic reforms were not included. Speaking as the SACP’s Central Committee meeting in Braamfontein enters its second day today, Mashilo has echoed sentiments that the DA cannot reject the budget and still be expected to preside over it. “An alternative was clearly spelled out.
The dilemma that the DA faces is whether they can vote to reject the fiscal framework and, after doing so, go back to the government to implement it because that will be hypocritical. They must be the first persons to show themselves the door to prove that they voted and what they will now do is to walk the talk – they have to go out.” Mashilo reiterates the SACP’s opposition to the proposed VAT increase.
High on the agenda of the SACP’s first Central Committee Plenary for 2025 are the internal divisions within the GNU and the SACP’s strategy to reassert itself as an independent political force. SACP Central Committee convenes amid GNU tensions, VAT: Alex Mashilo NEWS APP SABC © 2025.
