CAPE TOWN - The Palestinian debate has become a hot-button issue for the upcoming elections, with the government’s support for the cause also dividing voters along political lines.
But the party’s provincial spokesperson and Member of Provincial Legislature, Khalid Sayed, said the party is not using its pro-Palestine stance for electioneering. With the ANC having lost political ground in the Western Cape to the Democratic Alliance since 2009, the Al Jama-ah party stepped in to capture some of the Muslim votes in 2019, winning its first seats in the provincial and national legislature.
Al Jama-ah’s Muhammad Haron has made no bones about his party’s intentions for the upcoming elections.Meanwhile, Sayed said while his party’s main electioneering focus is the bread and butter issues that face Western Cape communities, its decades-long support for Palestinian statehood is having an effect on its campaign.
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