Election Aftermath: EFF enters parliament ready to shake things up...again By Nkateko Mabasa Nkateko_Azania
It is through the people who voted for the Economic Freedom Fighters that the party is now the official opposition in three provinces, said Julius Malema during the party’s first media briefing at its headquarters post the election.
The IEC needs to modernise it’s systems so that it can be ready for the 2021 local government elections and to avoid an “unworkable political environment”, said Malema. Malema was asked by journalists to explain the party’s growth in the ANC stronghold of KwaZulu-Natal from 1.9% in 2014 to 14.2% and in Mpumalanga Provincial legislature, where it is now official opposition with 6.4%.
According to Malema, the party invests in organisation growth because there is a “general laziness and incapacity to think outside of the box” in the party. And that for the EFF “to see significant growth” it needs to identify areas where there are challenges and confront it.
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