Give Them An 'A' For Effort

Farrel — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:09:00 -0500

Tomorrow the DA will introduce a bill into parliament seeking to prevent floor crossing. And I’m sure once the ANC MP’s have wiped the tears of laughter from their eyes they will give it a good looking over before tossing it in the rubbish bin. The DA do try to show why the ANC should vote for the bill:

We hope that the ANC will not wait until it faces a mass defection from one of its major factions before it decides to throw its weight behind the move to repeal the floor-crossing legislation in its current form.

The DA is probably hopeful to get this passed before the next floor crossing window potentially wipes out their hold on the Cape Town City Council.

Unfortunately for the DA the ‘10% clause’ (at minimum 10% of party members must defect) in the current floor crossing legislation makes is a bit difficult for a ‘major faction’ to just up and walk away from the ANC. Something the ANC knows all too well. Although with the current paranoia in the ANC you never know what irrational act they’ll be carrying out next.

Tony Leon believes that public pressure will force the ANC to approve the bill, but considering that the majority of the public supports the death penalty and the ANC has no plans to bring it back I think he might be wasting his time.

Politics.za: Give Them An 'A' For Effort

Give Them An 'A' For Effort