LETTER: DA should follow precedent and set up joint leadership team
Leadership of Zach De Beer, Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan at DP's helm created sense of unity in party
Gareth van Onselen and Peter Bruce have recently expressed views in their columns on the current contribution of the DA to our political landscape, the issue of the party's leadership and alleged related tensions within the party that are increasingly surfacing (John Steenhuisen’s pig-wrestling (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-05-20-gareth-van-onselen-john-steenhuisens-pig-wrestling/), May 20; Bloodless e-election will rob DA of ideas (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2020-05-27-peter-bruce-bloodless-e-election-will-rob-da-of-ideas/), May 27).
Regardless of whether the DA sees itself as a government in waiting, the strongest possible official opposition or merely just a flag bearer of the kind of values that are needed to restore honesty, honour and competence to our failing political and societal establishments, it is vital that the party generally presents cohesiveness, coherency and a united sense of purpose and specifically in ...
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