Gauteng co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Lebogang Maile has maintained that he had no choice but to place the Tshwane municipal council under administration.
“In fact, it is common cause that all the courts confirmed that the municipal council was dysfunctional, deadlocked and paralysed.”
Maile said there were three judgments penned by the Constitutional Court judges and that it was disconcerting for ANC political opponents to make it seem like there was one unanimous ruling on the matter. “This is completely devoid of any truth and should be rejected. In fact, such uncouth behaviour borders on ill-discipline and shows a great disrespect towards the ConCourt as a whole,” Maile said.
He explained that though the main judgment found the council dissolution unlawful, there were two other minority judgments, one penned by the outgoing chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, that held the decision was warranted. that the municipal council was dysfunctional, that it failed to execute its executive obligations and that exceptional circumstances existed,” Maile said.
Maile said he would consult with premier David Makhura on what steps to take, especially regarding the order that he must conduct an investigation on the deadlock and dysfunctionality of the council.
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