The ANC in the Western Cape has tabled a motion in the provincial legislature calling for a new Speaker to be elected by next week. | MarvinCharles_
It comes after the DA stripped legislature Speaker Masizole Mnqasela of his party membership.asking for a new speaker to be elected.
The DA stripped its Speaker Masizole Mnqasela of his party membership, effectively creating a vacancy within the legislature since Mnqasela is no longer a member of this house. He is challenging the termination of his membership. On Friday, the house deliberated on the appropriation bill, but proceedings were disrupted when heckling ANC members demanded that the process to elect a new Speaker be set in motion.
"The clarity we require is what process must be taken. This house must deal with this matter and pass a resolution to contact the president of the Constitutional Court," he said.
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