Michael Beaumont, chair of ActionSA, has falsely claimed that the DA "asked ActionSA to reach out to the EFF in order to keep the coalition alive".
This is a serious distortion of the facts.
WATCH: @ME_Beaumont details how it is mathematically impossible to keep the ANC without involving the EFF.
— ActionSA (@Action4SA) February 7, 2022
He reveals that it was the DA who asked ActionSA to reach out to the EFF in order to keep the coalition alive. pic.twitter.com/eAucXROh03
The DA has not, and will not, seek any working agreement in government with the EFF and has repeatedly said so at every turn in the coalition negotiations.
This disingenuous claim arose as follows.
In Ekurhuleni (as well as the other Gauteng metros), the EFF (without any request from the DA) voted for the DA mayoral candidates.