Dylan Bettencourt
IMeya yaseGoli, uMpho Phalatse usememezele ikomidi lakhe lezimeya zamaqembu amaningi, kanti i-Democratic Alliance (i-DA) ithole izihlalo ezine kuphela kweziyishumi.
Izihlalo eziyisithupha ezisele ekomidini zihlukaniswe phakathi kwe-ActionSA enezihlalo ezintathu, kwathi i-African Christian Democratic Party (i-ACDP), i-Freedom Front Plus kanye neNkatha Freedom Party (i-IFP) bathola isihlalo esisodwa iqembu ngalinye. Okumangazayo ukuthi i-Economic Freedom Fighters (i-EFF) ayizange izithole izihlalo zesigungu esiphezulu nakuba ibambe elikhulu iqhaza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi uPhalatse uba imeya.
Lesi simemezelo sangoMsombuluko siqhamuke ngemuva kwamasonto ezingxoxo zokunquma isigungu esiphezulu.
Ethula lesi simemezelo esithangamini sabezindaba e-Bloemfontein, uPhalatse uthe nakuba iqembu lakhe belingasiphuthumisa lesi sinqumo, bakhethe ukuhlehla ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi bathatha isinqumo esifanele futhi banikeze abathintekayo isikhathi sokuthi bazikhulumele.
“Ngiyajabula ukumemezela ukuthi namuhla sikwazile ukufika lapho khona sesinohulumeni bobumbano abaningi eGoli futhi sizobe sinoNgqongqoshe abayishumi ezikhundleni,” usho kanje.
UPhalatse uthe ngemuva kwesinqumo sakhe sokuthi akusungulwe amaqembu amaningi anezihlalo eziyi-136 emkhandlwini kwanele ukuthi bangakwazi ukushaya umthetho.
Uvikele isinqumo sakhe sokuqoka isigungu esiphezulu somfelandawonye njengoba amaqembu ezepolitiki abandakanyekayo anezimfuno zawo, okube nomthelela ekuqondeni kwezingxoxo.
Yize isivumelwano bekungesokusungulwa kwamaqembu ayishumi, akuwona wonke amaqembu ezepolitiki anikezwe izikhundla ngaphakathi ekomidini.
Lo mkhandlu ubunezikhundla ezingaphezu kweziyishumi zosihlalo okungenzeka ukuthi zizonikezwa amaqembu aphunyukwe izikhundla zamakomidi.
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