Chairperson, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that while the prophets of doom were trying to convince South Africans that Cope is something of the past, Cope has shown that they are here to stay;
2) further notes that the voters once more showed their confidence in the leadership of Cope's president Terror Lekota;
3) realises that the Congress of the People has now risen to be the kingmaker in numerous municipalities across the Republic, with both the ANC and DA recognising that they can't move without the support of Cope; and
4) acknowledges that, in the face of great adversity and with limited resources, Cope was still able to run a successful campaign across all nine provinces and in almost all municipalities and showed the rest of South Africa that it will be a force to be reckoned with come 2014.