Geordin Hill-Lewis hangs DA election campaign posters in Long Street, Cape Town.
Geordin Hill-Lewis, the DA Federal Leader, stated his “firm intention” to run for mayor of Cape Town, although he emphasised that the final decision is not his to make.
Hill-Lewis, who was speaking at the sidelines of the DA’s voter registration campaign in the Western Cape, along with the party's Metro Regional and Campaign Chair, JP Smith, said the announcement for the mayoral candidate will be made next month.
When asked if he will be announcing his own candidacy for Cape Town mayor, Hill-Lewis said, “Can you please ask the DA that? Because I am one of the candidates, I know this sounds like a joke, but it is 100% not a joke. I am not involved in the process because I am one of the candidates, so the matter must come to the DA's Federal Executive in the coming weeks, and then an announcement will be made towards the end of June.
“It's absolutely my firm intention to be the candidate, so I hope that that's what the DA's FedEx decides, but I won't be there for the discussion. I will have to excuse myself,” he said.
