to the generals, we want to thank you for to the generals, we want to thank you for ensuring peace and stability during you for ensuring peace and stability during voting and we must also thank the home during voting and we must also thank the home affairs staff and officials who ensured that as many voters as possible who ensured that as many voters as possible had their identity documents on election day. thank you very n1ucir documents on election day. thank you very much to documents on election day. thank you very much to you as well. applause i would also like to extend our national i would also like to extend our national gratitude to the independent candidates and leaders and members of various political parties and members of various political parties that participated in the elections. i wish to thank all the elections. iwish to thank all the iocei elections. i wish to thank all the local and elections. i wish to thank all the local and international
ust two, sitting on one in 2019 with just their two, sitting on one in 2019 with just their president having a seat, so it is just their president having a seat, so it is quite an interesting picture so it is quite an interesting picture and of the 14 political parties picture and of the 14 political parties represented in the previous parliament, 11 have made it back and it is the parliament, 11 have made it back and it is the end parliament, 11 have made it back and it is the end of the road for the congress it is the end of the road for the congress of the people and the end of the congress of the people and the end of the road congress of the people and the end of the road for the national freedom party and of the road for the national freedom party and the end of the road for the independent congress, the aic, but there the independent congress, the aic, but there are more parties that have come but there are more parties that have come in. but there are m
to talk negotiating team and they are open to talk and negotiating team and they are open to talk and it seems as if they are open to talk and it seems as if they are open to to talk and it seems as if they are open to talk with everyone, including the african national congress and you will recall we had a meeting congress and you will recall we had a meeting that the da was part of a multiparty a meeting that the da was part of a multiparty charter for south africa up multiparty charter for south africa up with multiparty charter for south africa up with about 11 parties and three of those up with about 11 parties and three of those parties seem to have indicated of those parties seem to have indicated that they are open to working indicated that they are open to working with the anc, the da and the ifp, working with the anc, the da and the ifp. but working with the anc, the da and the ifp, but other parties say they need to go ifp, but other parties say they need t