The Western Cape high court has struck from the roll, with costs, an urgent application by ANC MP Mervyn Dirks challenging his precautionary suspension.
ANC MP Mervyn Dirks' lawyers were pushing for the reinstatement of his membership of Scopa before the committee’s meeting on Tuesday. File photo.The Western Cape High Court has struck from the roll, with costs, an urgent application by ANC MP Mervyn Dirks challenging his precautionary suspension.
At that meeting Dirks was expected to make his representations on the basis for his complaint and for the committee to decide on the matter. She said Dirks would not be afforded any substantial recourse because when the committee meets and votes, he would be without his voting right because of an “unlawful removal or suspension” from Scopa.
Advocate Thembeka Ngcukaitobi, for Majodina and the ANC, asked for the matter to be struck from the roll with costs.
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