The African National Congress (ANC) have called on the City of Tshwane not to reverse the resignation of Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor, Francois Bekker. 🏦Politics
A vacancy declaration for Bekker’s position should have been swiftly responded to by Mettler as required by the Municipal Structures Act.
“It is worth noting that [councillor] Bekker has resigned out of his own volition with a clear conscience and cannot willy-nilly and stonewall the commencement of the process to fulfill the vacancy.“We are aware of the undue pressure exerted by his party as related to their apprehension of their reduced majority in council,” ANC councillor Aaron Maluleka said in a letter on Wednesday.
“We take a dim view of legislative abuses wherein councillors can tender their resignation and then later cause for their unsubstantiated retraction as if council is a playground of indecisiveness. “This I wish to posit is a practice that shouldn’t be condoned as it is likely to plunge council into disrepute and further cartoon its standing,” he added.
BREAKING: The ANC in Tshwane is challenging the resignation retraction by Cllr Bekker of the DA. The party says the balance of power was going to leave the coalition without a required majority.
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