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No more two-thirds majority

Aug 11 2008 03:00:00:000PM

News24 User Funnybones makes an impassioned plea to the electorate to
not throw away their vote in the 2009 general elections.

Funnybones, News24 User

The "illiterate" electorate are often blamed for keeping the ANC in
power, despite its blunders. But for me the so called "educated"
amongst us are as much to blame as the people they are pointing
fingers at.

I would be living in a fool's paradise if I even began to dream that
the ruling party will lose in the next general elections. But this
does not mean we should throw our hands in the air in despair.

The next best thing we can do is to make sure that the ruling party
does not get an overwhelming majority victory in the coming elections.
The two-thirds majority rule has been a powerful tool for the ANC in
the previous years, and its now time for us to take that away from
them.

South African politics is structured in such a way that we do not have
to automatically vote for the opposition if we do not want to vote for
the ruling party. There are many small parties that one can consider
voting for, though they are a bit useless when it comes to frontline
politics.

The aim of this is to neutralise the two thirds majority that the ANC
enjoyed and abused over the previous years. Many have called for a
strong multiracial opposition party that will represent the interest
of all South Africans irrespective of skin-colour. This party seems
not to be immerging and we cannot afford to leave the future of this
country to fate.

As the so called "educated voters", we should mobilise ourselves in
order to deny the ANC the two thirds majority power rule. People
should be made aware that even if they do not have any political
affiliation they can still make a huge contribution towards taking
this country forward.

Staying away from elections is an absolute no-no as it only worsens
the current situation. Besides the ID and the DA there are other
political parties like the IFP, UDM, UCDP, etc. that we can utilise to
get the much needed balance in government.

The aim of this exercise is to protect our Constitution. We will also
be preventing the ruling party from making legislative and
constitutional changes at will, without taking the will of ordinary
people into consideration.

We need to get rid of the blame mentality of ours and play an active
role towards shaping the future of this country.

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http://www.news24.com/News24/MyNews24/Your_story/0,,2-2127-2128_2373824,00.html