4.1 On 16 July 2009 the Provincial Executive Council (PEC) in North-West Province resolved to invoked section 139 (1)(b) of the Constitution in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality. Subsequently the Office of the Chairperson of the NCOP was informed of the PEC's decision to intervene in the affairs of the Municipality, by the North-West MEC for Developmental Local Government and Housing.