By: Jan Gerber
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has ordered the DA to “cease and desist” from saying that GOOD leader Patricia de Lille was fired as the mayor of Cape Town, and it has ordered the DA to publicly apologise to De Lille within three days.
Welcoming the IEC’s findings on Tuesday, De Lille said she expected “the DA to be calling each and every individual they previously called with misinformation to apologise for lying to them”.
“I also expect the DA to publish its apology in the mass media,” said De Lille.
The DA intends to appeal the finding, the party’s representative at the IEC, Mike Moriarty, told News24.
Last month, De Lille complained to the IEC about the DA telemarketing, alleging that the script call centre personnel used stated that he had been fired and was guilty of wrongdoing.
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