Court reinstates DA’s Mpho Phalatse as City of Johannesburg mayor

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The South Gauteng High Court on Tuesday declared invalid and unlawful Phalatse’s removal through a motion of no confidence and the subsequent election of the ANC’s Dada Morero last month.

All decisions taken by Morero as mayor since his election have also been deemed unlawful, unconstitutional, invalid and set aside.

This they argued was because changing the status quo would be short-lived as the ANC-led coalition enjoyed the majority and were likely to win the mayoral vote. “There is a procedure set out in the Rules for motions of no confidence. The plain and simple fact is that the Speaker and the council failed to follow a lawful process. The outcome of that unlawful process must be reversed,” the court ruled.

The court rejected this notion saying anything could happen in the world of politics which is not predictable.

 

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