PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE DA-led multi-party coalition in Tshwane is taking urgent legal advice on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) decision to invalidate 69 ballots during the election of the Speaker of Council on Monday, according to joint caucus chairperson, Jacqui Uys.
“The Multi-Party Coalition has lodged a formal objection to the outcome of the election of speaker of the Tshwane municipal council, after the IEC classified 69 ballots cast for Kholofelo Morodi (ActionSA) as ‘spoilt’,” Uys said on Tuesday.
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) councillor Mncedi Ndzwanana was elected the new Speaker of the City of Tshwane council, an election outcome considered a major win for the ANC-led multi-party coalition.
Ndzwanana was elected on Monday night with 211 councillors participating in the elections. Ndzwanana received 105 votes, beating ActionSA councillor Kholofelo Morodi, who received 37.
The votes cast by 69 DA councillors were disqualified after they were declared spoilt ballots
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