Hon Chairperson, on behalf of the DA, I hereby wish to give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council, I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the election of office bearers in Koukamma was riotous and involved intimidation by a large number of ANC members, and the municipal manager did not maintain order in the council meeting, causing a delay of more than an hour, and the disorderly crowd was not dispersed from the chambers;
2) further notes that the election of office bearers was found illegal by a show of hands, totally ignoring the conditions of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, Act 117 of 1998, Schedule 3 "Election of Office Bearers", which states in section 6 "Election Procedure (a) a vote must be taken at the meeting by secret ballot";
3) calls on the MEC for local government to redo the election of office bearers under the auspices of the IEC, since the municipal manager did not apply the correct procedures to such election; and
4) further calls on the MEC personally to intervene in the situation, remembering that this municipality has just come out of an administration period of more than two years and so that this council can start its new term on the moral high ground.