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The National Assembly Acting Speaker Lechesa Tsenoli has agreed to allow an urgent debate on the DA’s proposed motion of no-confidence in Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula during the last sitting before the recess which starts on Thursday.
This would be the second time Mapisa-Nqakula faces a no-confidence motion since her election as speaker in 2021.
On Tuesday, parliament confirmed that Tsenoli wrote to the DA chief whip Siviwe Gwarube advising her of his decision to accept her proposed motion as “being substantively in order”.
“In line with the rules of the assembly, the acting speaker must give an approved motion under this rule due priority. Before scheduling it, he is also required to consult with the chief whip of the majority party as required by rule 28(5).
“A motion for the removal of the speaker from office must comply, to the satisfaction of the deputy speaker, with the prescripts
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