James Selfe’s resignation as chair of the DA’s federal executive opens up one of the party’s most powerful positions to intense lobbying as the party, still smarting from its setbacks in the May elections, looks for a successor.

Selfe has served in the position for more than 19 years and was elected uncontested at the DA’s previous congress in April 2018, in which a messy battle for the post was avoided, ensuring political stability ahead of the key May 8 general election...

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