The DA won't be fighting a losing battle by legally seeking to overturn a decision to put the City of Tshwane under administration. pretorianews
Pretoria - The DA won't be fighting a losing battle by legally seeking to overturn a decision to put the City of Tshwane under administration.He said his party obtained legal advice on the legality of the council dissolution and putting the City under provincial administration.
On Thursday, Premier David Makhura announced that a decision was taken by the provincial executive council to disband Tshwane council and put the city under administration in line with Section 139 of the Constitution.supports HTML5 video He said a team of administrators would take charge of the municipality for a period of 90 days,to be followed by by-elections in all the 105 wards.According to him, intervention was justified by the state of poor services such as undrinkable water in Hammanskraal and uncollected rubbish in some parts of the city.
"If we allow the opposition to subvert democratic processes to get their hands on municipal resources without having to govern and being accountable it will undermine our country's Constitution and democracy," he said.According to him, the metropolitan was not yet under administration because there were "still various regulations and processes to comply with".
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