POLITICAL analyst Lukhona Mnguni, eNCA television host JJ Tabane and the New Nation Movement (NNM) have sent a legal letter to Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lechesa Tsenoli, demanding that the election of the new speaker be conducted through a secret ballot.
In a letter from Mabuza Attorney’s, the three interested parties claim that ANC National Chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, allegedly gave an illegal instruction to the party’s caucus to nominate former Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for the position of Speaker of the National Assembly.
The ANC nominated Mapisa-Nqakula to take over from Thandi Modise, who is moving to cabinet as the new Defence and Military Veterans Minister.
Several opposition parties are also understood to be opposed to the election of Mapisa-Nqakula as the new Speaker of the National Assembly.
They claim that she is not fit the role of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
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