Moonshot Pact dies ‘a natural death’ as collective votes fall short of governing coalition

JOHANNESBURG - Parties from the Multi-Party Charter (MPC) are set to formally dissolve their joint pact this evening.

Formerly known as the Moonshot Pact, the MPC was a group of like-minded opposition parties that aimed to wrestle government control from the African National Congress (ANC) after the elections.

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However, the collective has only managed to get just above 30% of votes, which falls short of a governing coalition.

Freedom Plus leader Pieter Groenewald said this spelled the end of the MPC.

“It actually had a natural death now, because there is a clause that determines if we are not in a position where we as opposition parties can create a coalition government, then it is the end of the MPC.”