ANC is an out-of-touch and divided party that is unable to self-correct, says DA
Mmusi Maimane was reacting to what is likely to be Jacob Zuma’s last January 8 Statement to his party faithful unless he opts for a third term as ANC leader.
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has described President Jacob Zuma’s speech at the ANC’s 105th birthday celebrations on Sunday as the "tell-tale last gasp of a dying organisation"‚ saying it has shown that it is beyond the point of no return. "It is an out-of-touch and divided party that is unable to self-correct‚ and is past the point of no return‚" Maimane asserted in his reaction to what is likely to be Zuma’s last January 8 Statement to his party faithful unless he opts for a third term as ANC leader. Maimane said that following the ANC’s results at the polls in August last year‚ one would have expected a humble and introspective reflection on the past year‚ and a meaningful commitment to effect real and substantive internal change. "Rather‚ we were force-fed another rose-tinted ‘good story’ by a President who has overseen the party’s decimation over the past 7 years. While the rest of the country is looking forward‚ the ANC can only but fondly recall its former glories...
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