Why does the DA, a party that was adamant that the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma should be voted on in secret, not support the same principle about the motion against Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, Advocate Dali Mpofu asked on Tuesday. Mpofu is representing De Lille in her urgent application in the High Court in Cape Town to have the motion of no confidence against her conducted via a secret ballot. He argued that the DA’s constitution made the local caucus dependent on the consent from the federal executive, the party’s highest decision-making body, regarding what they may and may not do in respect of a motion of no confidence. “By implication, a free vote is prohibited on all other issues. Before these clauses are invalidated, there cannot be a free vote,” Mpofu said.
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