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African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa.
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party doesn’t want the tripartite alliance to break up.
Relations between the ANC and the SACP have been strained following the Communist Party’s decision to contest future elections independently.
At the heart of the two parties’ differences is what the SACP says is the ANC’s refusal to reconfigure the alliance.
However, Ramaphosa says that despite their differences, the ANC is committed to the unity of the alliance.
He was addressing COSATU’s 8th Central Committee meeting in Benoni, Johannesburg.
“The ANC remains committed to the strategic alliance that we have. The ANC remains committed to the objectives of the NDR and in the end, we are irrevocably committed to strengthening the alliance. As president of the ANC, I have always been clear that breaking this alliance or weakening this alliance is not in our best interests. Breaking this alliance or weakening this alliance is not in the best interest of all of us and we need to deal with all the challenges of reconfiguration, how alliance partners are respected.”
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