Security measures have been put in place to ensure the chair of chairs vote takes place in the City of Johannesburg council on Tuesday, and if there are any disruptions, the coalition says it will go to court.
With 140 seats, following a power-sharing agreement with the Patriotic Alliance , the coalition says it is quite comfortable and confident the vote will take place successfully.
"The scenes we witnessed last week certainly have no place in any democratic chamber in South Africa. No freedom-loving democrat who believes in the rule of law and democratic processes, sworn in to serve, would conduct themselves in the manner we saw last week. "If it means we need to go to court then we shall definitely do so. There is precedent because political parties and individuals can be held liable for disrupting council processes and procedures.On Thursday, ANC and EFF councillors clashed with their colleagues from the DA in an attempt to stop the chair of chairs vote from taking place by a show of hands instead of a secret vote.
Makhubele, who joined Monday's presser, said it was clear the ANC and EFF did not have the numbers and chose chaos instead.
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