GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY – AL JAMA-AH has joined the ‘new configuration’ in a bid to weaken the DA and its allies:

Since the results of the election were recorded and analysed, Al Jama-ah never expressed a positive view about the GNU when it included the DA. The party took a firm stand not to share or support the idea of having the DA in government; the party regularly stated that while it had a soft spot for the ANC despite its shortcomings, it could not see itself siding with white rulers who are discriminatory in outlook and who support genocide in Palestine.

The ANC, meanwhile, chose not to reach out to like-minded parties – despite differing on minor matters – and instead approached the DA to consider creating a GNU. This worked in the favour of the DA who preferred to be an equal stakeholder in this configuration as it suited its cunning leadership. This GNU model only included parties that worked with the DA and who benefited largely from Zionist funding.

Al Jama-ah observed that this model excluded other parties opposed to the DA. “Al Jama-ah was not considered for this model, but it would never have joined this obnoxious group who supports Zionism and their refusal to admit that Palestinians are being massacred daily.

Amidst these developments, some of the smaller parties such as the PAC and bigger parties such as the EFF, held caucuses to discuss how they could be considered as an alternative grouping with which the ANC could partner to form a GNU.
The group formed the Progressive Caucus supported by Al Jama-ah. Whilst the ANC and DA were discussing their grand coalition partnership, the ANC cleverly revised a Statement of Intention (SoI); it was constructed to invite other partners and not only the DA and its moonshot pact partners. We understand that the purpose of the SoI was to lure in smaller parties to add to the ANC’s numbers to place it in a better position to challenge the DA and its ilk,” explains Hon Ganief Hendricks.