MEMBERS of the Congress of the People (COPE) Constituency Congress Committees in Gauteng have called for the party’s president, Mosiuoa Lekota, to step down.
This comes after a July meeting addressing challenges of growth, rebuilding and renewal in the party.
COPE’s Ekurhuleni Secretary Mxolisi Ntobela says though the party still respects its leader, there is consensus that Lekota has not shown the strong leadership he did in the past, and in so doing has violated the constitution of COPE.
Lekota is, furthermore, accused of meddling in the selection of the party’s councillors.
Ntombela explains that the leader has had conflicting interested when it comes to the selection of councillors.
“It is him who wrote the affidavit on the 19th to support the removal of Comrade Khalipa supporting comrade Thomas Mofokeng, by doing so we are saying that he cannot be conflicted as a leader of the party,” explains Ntombela.
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