Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of the ANC:
That the Council - 1) notes that just days after the elections, the embattled Congress of the People, Cope, is facing yet another leadership spat between its court-appointed leader Mosiuoa Lekota and his right-hand man and spokesperson, Phillip Dexter, who has launched his campaign against Lekota and a scathing attack against the flagging party and its court-appointed and self-appointed leaders;
2) further notes that in a 19-page document titled "Coping with the crisis in the Congress of the People" Dexter acknowledges that Cope has been a dismal failure, ravaged by fraudulent party lists and cronyism of self-appointed mayoral and councillor candidates, and makes revelations that the party is marred by racism and continuous misappropriation and abuse of public funds, resulting in persistent failure to pay staff while some of those aligned to their court- appointed leader stay in expensive hotels and generally use resources as if they are their own personal resources;
3) takes this opportunity to welcome the frank assessment by Dexter, especially his recommendation that the party closes shop; and
4) adds its voice and appeal to those who still hold the faint hope that this flagging party will make it to 2014 to wake up and smell the coffee and see the cream that is being systematically exploited by cronies of their court-appointed leader.