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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>While the DA pushed back against President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s signing of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Bill, with its leader John Steenhuisen saying it would endanger the government of national unity (GNU), the blue party is holding onto governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the president continues to ride roughshod over these objections, he is endangering the future of the government of national unity and destroying the good faith on which it was based,\u201d Steenhuisen said before Ramaphosa signed the bill.<\/p>\n

After the signing of the bill on Friday, the DA said it was staying put in the GNU, opting to fight the implementation of the law in court.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Cape Town Press Club last week, Steenhuisen said the party would not walk away from the GNU unless the government was \u201ccrashing the economy or trashing the constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n

He believed walking away would \u201chand the country over to the breakers\u201d \u2014 the EFF and MK Party, which he labelled as anti the constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first instinct inside the GNU will always be to find common ground in the interest of South Africa. We have already proved this. We are working hand-in-hand with the ANC on every initiative that will take South Africa forward, and there is a long list of overlapping policies we have agreed on,\u201d said Steenhuisen.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa, before Steenhuisen publicly showed confidence in the GNU again, had been adamant the governing bloc would remain intact despite disagreements.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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