Thandi Modise clashes with MPs over public protector vote
The National Assembly speaker said parliament’s chief whips’ forum is trying to usurp her powers
11 March 2021 - 19:02
National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise has said that parliament’s chief whips’ forum is trying to usurp her powers in deciding the voting method for next Tuesday’s decision whether to hold an inquiry into public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office.
The chief whips of political parties decided on Wednesday that the standard voting method adopted for hybrid sessions, in which MPs vote through their party whips, will be used and that those MPs who want to vote differently to the party would indicate so publicly...
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