McKenzie asserts there’s no room for opposition in GNU

Patriotic Alliance leader and Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture says there is “no space” for parties against the Government of National Unity. Gayton McKenzie, leader of the Patriotic Alliance and Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, has praised President Cyril Ramaphosa, asserting that opposition parties against the Government of National Unity (GNU) have no place, as they are content within the coalition. He made the remarks during a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday afternoon, where MPs debated President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent State of the Nation Address (SONA).

The debate is scheduled to continue on Wednesday at 2pm, with Ramaphosa expected to respond on Thursday at 2pm. McKenzie began by thanking the people of George, following the Patriotic Alliance’s five by-election wins in the George Local Municipality in the Garden Route this year, three of which were former Democratic Alliance (DA) stronghold wards. “The people of George have voted in the past three weeks in three by-elections overwhelmingly for the fastest growing party, the Patriotic Alliance,” McKenzie said.

He added that the PA supporters had tasked him with thanking the government for listening to concerns about illegal foreigners. The Patriotic Alliance is part of the ANC-led GNU, which also includes parties such as the DA and the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus).