In their submission, the Municipal Councillors indicated that the divisions within Municipal Council started before 2006 with the nomination of the candidate for the Executive Mayor position; suspension of Municipal Manager and appointment of Acting Municipal Manager and Corporate Service Manager. The Municipal Councillors stated that some of the political problems that affected effective functioning of the municipality related to appointment of Section 57 Managers, non implementation of Municipal Council's resolutions, suspension of Municipal Manager by the Executive Mayor without Council's approval and failure of the Speaker and Acting Municipal Manager to call Council meetings.