Supporters voted for Zuma believing he still represents ANC: Mtolo

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The African National Congress (ANC) secretary in KwaZulu-Natal, Bheki Mtolo, says many ANC supporters voted for its former President Jacob Zuma, believing he still represents the ANC.

Mtolo has been commenting on the ANC’s declining support in the general elections.

Zuma led the MK party’s election campaign. However, he also maintains that he remains a member of the ANC.

Mtolo says the ANC underestimated Zuma’s impact on these elections.

“We thought once we explained he was gone to the ANC, people would understand that he’s not part of us. I got there in eThekwini, and in various VDs, people were wearing ANC regalia, but when they entered the ballot box, they said we wanted Zuma. You think they don’t know he’s out of the ANC because he has been misleading them by saying that I’m still with the ANC and that I’ll die with the ANC. Then those people thought they voted for the ANC. We have not yet explained thoroughly to them that he’s no longer with us; he’s outside of ourselves.”

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Meanwhile, the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party says it wants a commission inquiry established that will probe alleged discrepancies that transpired in the capturing of election results.

The party alleges that elections have been rigged.

MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela was speaking to the media at the National Results Centre in Midrand on Saturday evening

“We want to get to the bottom of exactly what transpired and we are going to push for that. It stops with the MK. It stops with President Zuma,” he said in an impromptu press briefing that was attended by some members of the party’s leadership, including former President Jacob Zuma.

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