Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that the political dramatic soap opera and protracted political battle at the Congress of the People continues unabated between the two presidents of Cope - Mosiuoa Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa;
2) further notes that Mosiuoa Lekota has since fired his co-founder and co-president Mbhazima Shilowa for mismanagement and won a court order barring him from Parliament and continuing his duties as a member of the flagging party;
3) acknowledges that, since the party's leadership battles, many members and leaders of Cope have since rejoined the ANC; and 4) takes this opportunity to call on all the other disillusioned members of Cope to come back to the ANC where they belong.