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CT still in dark - about poll
08/03/2006 23:07 - (SA)
Cape Town - The big wait to find out who will govern the Mother City continued on Wednesday as parties continued with behind-the-scenes negotiations.
The Democratic Alliance won 90 seats in the 210-member council, the African National Congress 81 and the Independent Democrats 23.
The DA's Ryan Coetzee said on Wednesday night: "Talks are continuing, progress is being made. But, it all takes a long time."
African Christian Democratic Party negotiator Pauline Cupido said: "No news right now. Talks are continuing."
The ACDP is one of a group of smaller parties that could offer the Democratic Alliance a key to power in the city.
ANC provincial chairman James Ngculu said his party had not been involved in talks with others during the day: "We'll meet tomorrow."
Asked if he felt there was any progress, he said: "I will be able to say tomorrow."
ID leader Patricia de Lille told radio station 702 on Wednesday morning that they were talking to "all political parties" about only two issues.
These were a multiparty executive committee system with proportional representation for parties, and the process of electing the mayor and other senior office-bearers.
She repeated the ID stance that it was not discussing a coalition.
"We are just working together with other parties to constitute the council," she said.
"We don't want to be used by the bigger parties: used by the DA to keep the ANC out, used by the ANC to keep the DA out.
"We really believe that those days are over for that kind of politics, that we must have a multiparty system."
She said there would probably be a clearer picture by the end of the week on where the talks were going.
- SAPA
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