Text of the letter from DA national spokesperson Mmusi Maimane to his colleagues in the DA parliamentary caucus, May 22 2014:
Dear Colleague
Congratulations on your election as a Member of Parliament. I am looking forward to serving alongside you for the next five years.
I am pleased to formally announce that I have accepted nomination for the position of Parliamentary Leader.
This is a time of huge growth and potential for our party. I believe the DA can become the core of an alternative government in 2019 if we build bridges across racial and cultural boundaries.
Parliament is our biggest national platform. How we perform in this Chamber over the next five years will be central to whether we succeed or fail in our mission.