DA laments yet another ANC walkout from a council meeting
Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga accuses the party of displaying ‘flagrant disregard for their constitutional mandate to serve in the interests of the people’
The DA has, once again, lamented a walk-out by the ANC during a council meeting on Wednesday. In a statement, Tshwane executive mayor Solly Msimanga accused the ANC of displaying "flagrant disregard for their constitutional mandate to serve in the interests of the people of Tshwane by staging yet another walk-out in today’s continuation council meeting resulting, in its premature adjournment". "As unsurprising as it is‚ it is still disappointing that public representatives elected to serve the people of Tshwane‚ which includes participating in council‚ elected to shaft that mandate in a failed attempt to score cheap political points," Msimanga continued. "In doing so the ANC in the Tshwane metro council cited that the meeting was inquorate and therefore could not continue. This is disingenuous and a deliberate distortion of the truth to try and mislead the public. "The fact is that today’s meeting was quorate until the ANC benches decided to abdicate their responsibility and later c...
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