Dissatisfaction with the Coloured Persons Representative Council (CPRC), instituted in September 1969, climaxed with a motion of no confidence in separate development. This was followed, on 29 July, by a walkout of the Federal Party after its third defeat in three days by the Labour Party, led by Sonny Leon. The Federal Party was prepared to co-operate with the government within the framework of Apartheid, while the Labour Party was strongly opposed to it. While the Labour party won more seats in the CPRC election, the scale was tipped in favour of the Federal Party when the government appointed all twenty nominated members from the ranks of the latter party. This caused great bitterness in the ranks of the Labour Party.
