Moriarty said Zille was wrong in her tweets about colonialism and he believed her views on apartheid were wrong as well.
The DA’s chief whip in Gauteng, Mike Moriarty, has announced he will contest Helen Zille for the position of federal council chairperson at the party’s virtual congress in October.
Moriarty, a long-time DA leader in the province, said he believed he was the right person for the job and had been considering it for a while.Moriarty’s confirmation he is taking on Zille comes after she was referred to the party’s federal legal commission for controversial tweets she posted about apartheid.
She tweeted there were more racist laws now than there were under apartheid – a claim many have pointed out to be untrue.Zille was elected DA federal council chairperson in October last year, a move that caused in turmoil in the party. It saw former leader Mmusi Maimane leaving the party as well as the resignation of former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba.
Moriarty said his decision to contest the position was long in the works, adding he would soon convince members of his vision for the party.
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