The Democratic Alliance's elective congress will be held using a virtual platform on October 31, the party’s federal executive (Fedex) resolved at a special meeting.
Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance's elective congress will be held using a virtual platform on October 31, despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the party’s federal executive resolved at a special meeting on Saturday.
To achieve this, the Fedex resolved that Zille, as federal council chairperson, and DA chief operations officer Liana van Wyk would prepare a detailed proposal on plans for holding an elective congress via an accessible, secure, digital platform, with systems in place to ensure that every delegate would be able to participate fully and fairly. This proposal would be submitted for scrutiny and ratification at the party’s online federal council meeting in July, she said.
"So far, our federal executive, provincial and regional executives, constituencies, the parliamentary caucus, the provincial caucuses, and many of our council caucuses have moved their work onto online and videoconferencing software to ensure that the business of our internal democracy continues, and that the DA represents the needs and aspirations of voters during this difficult time," Zille said.
"We will be the first party to run a fully online local government policy conference scheduled for May 29, to begin the process of compiling our local government manifesto for the 2021 election.
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