De Lille: Legal action on the cards should I be removed

De Lille: Legal action on the cards should I be removed

Patricia De Lille says she will go to the courts should the Democratic Alliance (DA) remove her from her position as Cape Town mayor.

Patricia de Lile
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''I have made no secret of the fact that I will consider legal action if the DA decides to remove me from my position as the Mayor of Cape Town.

 

''Leading a team, we worked extremely hard to elevate the administration to its current position of being the best run in  South Africa,” De Lille said in a statement.

 

This comes after the DA's Federal Executives announced her suspension, pending the outcome of an investigation into her fitness to hold office.

 

The DA says their investigations into De Lille follows a series of reports and affidavits implicating her in allegations of maladministration and governance-related issues in the City of Cape Town's caucus.

 

De Lille denies the allegations, suggesting that her work ethic is evident through the community's approval of her given the party's successful win in 2016 local government elections.

 

''The DA received it's mandate from the people of Cape Town and it is that mandate that I have delivered on extremely well.

 

''The people of Cape Town further validated the work that we have done with a two-thirds majority in the 2016 Local Government Elections.''

 

DA Federal Council Chairperson, James Selfe says they've extended her deadline for reasons why she shouldn't be removed from office.

 

De Lille is not the only one possibly facing axing from the party, the City of Cape Town's speaker Dirk Smit and Chief Whip Shaun August’s positions are also in peril.

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