2019 ELECTIONS AFTERMATH: DA post-elections reckoning: Maimane leader till 2021, but party review to follow

would be the atmosphere of the party’s federal executive meeting on Monday.

Trollip played down the announcement that the DA will now undertake “a review of the organisational structure and how best we can operate as a party”, saying that it was “not unique”. Selfe added that it would be necessary to assess whether those systems were appropriate in light of the differences in the DA’s constituency between 2004 and 2019.

Asked by journalists whether the DA should not have predicted the rise of racial nationalism before elections, Trollip responded that the DA’s commitment to holding the non-racial centre ground “precludes us from trying to contend with racial nationalist parties and we’re not going to do that”. He said Maimane continued to enjoy the “unambiguous” support of the rest of the DA leadership and that responsibility for the outcome of elections — “whether good or bad” — was shared jointly.

Moakes, in particular, is sure to face heat now as the DA’s campaigns manager for the 2019 elections. Although it is true to say that the party largely plateaued in these elections rather than facing catastrophic losses, the facts remain that the DA has shed five seats in the National Assembly and been unseated as the official opposition in two provinces: In KwaZulu-Natal by the IFP and in Mpumalanga by the EFF.

becsplanb Helen Zille's 'back seat' driving the DA is sorely needed right now. She is still the most astute politician of a bad bunch. Many people voted for the DA this time as a last ditch attempt to stem the black nationalism tide of the ANC/EFF. DA are in for a bigger shock in 2021.

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