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I’m still mayor of Cape Town, says adamant De Lille [VIDEO]
By: Hawk Date: May 9, 2018, 8:34 am
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SOURCE : EWN
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I’m still mayor of Cape Town, says adamant De Lille
Patricia de Lille has come out swinging in her response, saying
she’ll challenge the DA's decision to rescind her membership in
court.
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CAPE TOWN - Patricia de Lille is adamant that she’s still the
executive mayor of Cape Town.
That’s despite the dissolution of her mayoral committee and
Democratic Alliance’s (DA) decision to rescind her membership.
The DA’s Federal Executive announced on Tuesday morning that De
Lille’s membership has been taken away because of comments she
made on 702 and CapeTalk.
In the interview, De Lille said that she’d walk away from the
DA, a statement that the leadership says is in contravention of
the party’s constitution.
De Lille has come out swinging in her response, saying she’ll
challenge the decision in court on Friday (11 May).
“The DA wants to take a shortcut, which would’ve been a recall
clause. They were supposed to decide on the recall clause on
Saturday and then give me 48-hour notice, but they decide to
drop that.”
De Lille maintains she cannot be removed from office until the
court has ruled on her latest motion.
But the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee has already been
dissolved.
CHARGES
De Lille is still facing numerous charges, from nepotism to
gross mismanagement, and the DA has promised that all of these
will be pursued.
The deputy chair of the Federal Executive, Natasha Mazzone, says
the charges against De Lille are "complex".
“There are charges of misconduct, gross mismanagement, charges
relating to the findings of Bowman Gilfillan report, the MyCiti
bus tender, possible nepotism and breakdown of communication
between Mayor de Lille and the DA caucus.”
Mazzone adds there are also several findings that have been made
against the mayor.
“There will be actual factual findings given the Steenhuisen
report, the Bowman Gilfillan findings and the Auditor General’s
report that will all be made public.”
At the same time, the acting executive mayor of Cape Town Ian
Nielsen is addressing the media to map out the way forward for
the leadership of the metro.
VACANCY IN CAPE TOWN MAYOR’S OFFICE
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says De Lille wants
to interdict the City of Cape Town’s municipal manager from
declaring a vacancy in the office of the mayor.
IEC official Courtney Sampson says the city manager must inform
it of a vacancy in council.
He adds once the commission receives that information, it will
begin processes to fill the position.
Sampson says they have received papers from De Lille’s lawyers.
“The IEC has been served with papers from legal representatives
indicating that they are seeking a court interdict, preventing
the commission from filling a vacancy in the City of Cape Town
until the legal processes have been concluded.”
De Lille says, “The DA’s desperation has led to them taking
another shortcut to get rid of me before following due process.”
WATCH: De Lille responds to DA rescinding her membership
HTML https://youtu.be/fuGt6ArO27U
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