Helen Zille is happy to serve another term as Western Cape Premier - if chosen - she has confirmed.
|||Cape Town - Helen Zille is happy to serve another term as Western Cape Premier, she has confirmed.
The next national and provincial elections are due between next April and July, when a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures will be elected.
Zille who is the DA’s national leader, has served four years of the current five-year term. The DA’s process of nominating and electing leaders for the next term starts next month.
In response to reported debate about the possibility of her vying for the position of Gauteng Premier, Zille confirmed on Monday she would be available for another term in the Western Cape.
“Constitutionally I may stand as premier for two five-year terms. By May next year I will have done one five-year term, and it makes sense to finish off the work you started - there’s still a lot of work to do,” she said.
Notwithstanding her willingness to serve, Zille said the selection process remained “entirely open - anyone can be nominated”.
The election of the DA’s premier candidate would thus have to follow its due process within the party’s structures, she said.
Cape Argus