NP TO OPPOSE CONTROVERSIAL LOCAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION: DE
KLERK

PRETORIA (Changing from Durban) Sept 22 Sapa

National Party leader F W de Klerk on Friday said legislation
on the November local government elections should not contain the
proclamations declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court
earlier in the day.

"Should the African National Congress insist on having the said
controversial proclamations confirmed through legislation, the NP
will oppose it," he said in a statement in Pretoria.

The NP would support legislation necessary to hold the
elections, provided that it did not contain clauses on
controversial issues not essential for the elections to take place.

"This includes the controversial proclamations regarding the
Western Cape's provincial committee that formed the basis for the
case before the Constitutional Court," de Klerk said.

He added the NP would discuss its approach to the matter in
more detail on Tuesday next week.