CP TO PRESS FOR SELF-DETERMINATION ON LOCAL LEVEL

PRETORIA Sept 15 Sapa

Local government bodies provided an ideal platform to press for
Afrikaner self-determination, the Conservative Party said in its
local government election manifesto released on Friday.

It said the CP was the only party in the country working for a
sovereign Afrikaner state.

"Municipal government directly concerns the interests of
residents. The the most pressure towards promoting our ideals can
be exerted at this level of government."

The document was issued at the CP's Transvaal congress in
Pretoria.

It said the party had achieved overwhelming success in the
municipal elections of October 1988 by obtaining a majority in 67
per cent of city councils in what was then Transvaal.

"We will be going all-out to defend our existing support on
local level."

According to the manifesto, the CP would be a powerful
opposition in executive committees. Unjust and discriminatory
practices against its supporters would be exposed and resisted.

All consumers had to pay for the municipal services they
received, failing which the principle of "a flat rate (fixed fee)
for all or no flat rate at all" should be applied.

The manifesto said the party would demand local
self-determination in education, welfare and health care.

"The CP is the only vehicle for the political survival of the
Afrikaner and like-minded members of other language groups," the
document said.

"We are the best equipped to fight the African National
Congress communists at local level, and to prevent arbitrary
increases in municipal tariffs."