Progressive Federal Party (PFP), official opposition in parliament, refused to congratulate John Vorster on his appointment as State President on the grounds that not all the evidence of the Erasmus Commission had been made public. The party also maintained that someone who had been at the centre of controversy, should not have been elevated to the highest position in the country.
eventREF E-0012371Revised
5 February 1979
PFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport : Greenwood.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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