However, by the end of 2001, Aucamp had established an alternative political group, NA, which he co-founded with Danie Schutte and which differed from AEB in soliciting a multi-racial membership.
NA did not win any seats in the National Assembly in the general election of the following year, and Aucamp was therefore ejected from Parliament.
[1] His policy priority in the assembly was to push for constitutional change to protect the rights and freedoms of cultural and political minorities.
Indeed, Aucamp had famously nicknamed those affected by the law as "crosstitutes", a play on Motsoko Pheko's warning that, "A constitution is not a key to open a bedroom to take political prostitutes to bed.
[7] In announcing his intention to leave the AEB, Aucamp had, in News24's phrase, "jumped the gun", because the 2002 floor-crossing law was declared invalid by a court.
[9] His suspension was apparently orchestrated by the party's right, who also elected Werner Weber as AEB's new leader and parliamentary representative.
[15] The party's platform in the 2004 general election endorsed a market economy and supported the phased elimination of affirmative action.
He said that he was surprised and unhappy with the results of the election and believed that many of the party's supporters had decided to vote for the Independent Democrats; he compared NA to "the Free State rugby team – everybody's second choice".