UPHILL BATTLE FOR GNU'S SURVIVAL

Freedom Front Plus blames 'co-opting' ANC for potential collapse of coalition government

- SIYAVUYA MZANTSI and IOL REPORTERS

THE Government of National Unity's (GNU) chances of success are "extremely slim", says the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), which along with the DA, were the only parties in the coalition government to reject the proposed Budget.

The party's continued participation in the coalition government is to solely "further the interests of Afrikaners and other minorities", according to leader FF+ leader Corné Mulder.

While the DA continues to contemplate its next move in the GNU, the FF+ said yesterday it was not bound by other political party's decisions or actions regarding continued participation or withdrawal from the GNU.

Mulder said the discussion over the budget and its consequences for the GNU has now been referred to the party's Federal Management Committee for further discussions.