BLOEMFONTEIN : Collective Presidency?
South Africa’s ruling National Party, rocked by troublemakers from its right-wing opposition, meets in the Orange Free State capital of Bloemfontein on Wednesday to formally draw up its constitutional proposals.
Some 1,200 Nationalists will gather for the federal congress to consider a draft document, which recommends that the post of president be abolished and replaced with a multi-party Cabinet made up of candidates from black and white parties with proven support. The blueprint also envisions a two-chamber Parliament with considerable power allocated to nine regional governments.
The African National Congress has criticized the proposals as designed to maintain veto power for whites.
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