GHALEB CACHALIA: DA leadership contest battle lines have been drawn

DA's interim Leader John Steenhuisen at the DA head office in Johannesburg. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA

The fallout from this naked attempt at effecting what since has come to be known as state capture, forced the then president to acknowledge his mistake, change his mind and appoint the experienced Pravin Gordhan. In spite of this, the country continued to be bled by Zuma, his ANC and partners in crime.

The DA had become my political home, one that embodied the tenets of my deeply-felt liberalism, tempered by a degree of pragmatism that the deeply divided, emerging market economy of SA demanded. Values shape our beliefs, worldview and the paradigm in which we operate. These have been muddied over time and it is crucial that these are robustly debated with due regard to foundational principles.

They are yet to make their manifestos public but the lines have been drawn and it is essential that each candidate is evaluated on their manifesto and the principles they espouse. Personalities should not to be the arbiter, as is sadly often the case.

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