DA in Cape Town behaves like ANC in Parliament, other parties complain
LESS than a month since it won a two-thirds majority in the City of Cape Town opposition parties have accused the DA of using its muscle to stifle debate. The party voted through a new rule at the first post-election council meeting saying debating time would be allocated according to the percentage of votes won. African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) councillor Grant Haskin‚ whose party has three councillors‚ said the DA was behaving like the ANC in Parliament. READ THIS: DA and ANC butt heads over metro water restrictions "They are shutting us down. We don’t even have the opportunity to ask proper questions without the speaker shutting us down ... you can’t say anything in one minute‚" he said. He said that, after complaining about the ANC’s behaviour in Parliament, "when they get to be in government‚ they do the same thing". ANC chief whip Thandi Manikivana said that, previously‚ parties would negotiate for speaking time depending on their interest in issues up for debate. "It...
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