ActionSA Eastern Cape chairperson Athol Trollip has said the only reason the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) would consider going into coalition with the ANC and demanding Floyd Shivambu be made finance minister was because they wanted to steal from the countrys coffers.
Trollip made the remarks while responding to a question about coalitions during the national election debate hosted by the Mail Guardian and the University of Fort Hare on Wednesday night.
Senior representatives from the ANC, EFF, ActionSA, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and Democratic Alliance (DA) took part in the debate.
EFF president Julius Malema earlier this month told JJ Tabane on the Frank Dialogue show that the party would consider going into coalition with the ANC if EFF deputy president Shivambu was given the position of finance minister.
I am prepared to give the EFF vote to the ANC nationally if it doesnt get 50%. I dont need the glory of being a deputy president or president. I will make one demand: make Floyd Shivambu minister of finance. Thats all, Malema said.
At the debate on Wednesday, Trollip questioned why the EFF wanted control of the finance ministry.
There are other political parties which have said like the EFF that if they dont get a majority they will give their vote to the ANC on condition they make this man [Floyd Shivambu
