The former Free State leader of the National Party, Inus Aucamp and several other local NP leaders have apparently thrown their weight behind the ANC dissidents, the Volksblad newspaper reported on Wednesday.
“We would like to grab the opportunity and work together to lay the foundations of the new party,” the report quoted Aucamp as saying. He however added: “The idea is definitely not to join the new party.”
The others, who with Aucamp were organising a meeting with former ANC chairman Terror Lekota in Bloemfontein on Wednesday, are former NP members Johan Swanepoel and Pieter Vorster.
Aucamp said the original idea was that Lekota would address a small group of leaders, but apparently interest grew so much that they had thrown the meeting open.
The former NP leader said their interest in a possible new party was due to “the inclusive process around certain principles”.
