Relaunched UDF targets local government with working-class agenda

The United Democratic Front (UDF) is contesting elections for the first time since former members of its leadership and youth structures from the 1980s relaunched the party. Its president, Andrew Marx, voted at the Hanover Park Community Centre on Wednesday and said the party wants communities to play a central role in municipal decision-making. The UDF proposes directing 80% of municipal operating and capital expenditure to historically disadvantaged communities, with community safety, gun violence, housing, unemployment and council accountability among its priorities. Marx said the party recently marched to Parliament to call for a state of disaster in response to gun violence in the province.