NATIONAL NEWS - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has brushed off a study raising the alarming rate at which the party’s members of parliament have either resigned or been expelled or replaced.
The study was conducted by former DA spokesperson and the Institute of Race Relations’ (IRR’s) current head of politics and governance, Gareth van Onselen.
In the report, Van Onselen finds that 61% of all EFF national members of parliament have resigned or been expelled since the 2014 election, which surpassed “by some considerable distance” that of the other major parties.
“Between the two Houses (NA and NCOP), [in] the full EFF caucus, which comprises a combined 31 members, there have been 19 resignations and expulsions (61%) and a total of 24 changes all inclusive,” the study says.
