Multi-Party Charter not a coalition - ACDP leader
African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) leader Reverent Kenneth Meshoe says the decision to join the Multi-Party Charter does not mean they are in a coalition.
The party was formally welcomed into the charter in Cape Town on Thursday.
In August this year, a group of seven opposition parties gathered for a two-day convention in Kempton Park to form a bloc in an attempt to unseat the ANC in next year's elections.
The parties include the DA, IFP, Freedom Front Plus, ActionSA, Independent South African National Civic Organisation, United Independent Movement, Spectrum National Party and now the ACPD has become the eighth member.
Meshoe said rather than a coalition, it is a group of opposition parties on standby, ready to unseat the ANC.
"We are not forming a coalition today, I want to reiterate and reassure all our ACDP members and supporters that we will not form a coalition before the 2024 elections, as alleged, but only after the elections, if that is deemed necessary.
"This Multi-Party Charter for SA is a coming together of opposition parties to lay a framework and rules which will govern a possible coalition post the 2024 elections should that need arise.
"The Multi-Party Charter for SA is not a coalition, and the ACDP will not form a coalition with the DA or any other political party before the 2024 elections," he said.
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