ActionSA to challenge ANC MP’s election as Presidency committee chairperson

ActionSA national chairperson, Michael Beaumont. Picture: Nigel Sibanda ActionSA is seeking to have the election of the parliamentary oversight committee on the Presidency’s chairperson declared null and void. The move follows ANC deputy chief whip Doris Mpapane’s election to the position, winning five out of 11 votes this week.

The vote came after newly established 11-member committee were unable to reach a consensus on a candidate during Thursday’s proceedings. The other contenders were ActionSA’s Athol Trollip, who received four votes, and the DA’s Baxolile Nodada, who received two votes. “Despite this clear irregularity, the DA and ANC support the irregular election result because they form part of the GNU that aligns around protecting the president from accountability in exchange for their luxuries and perks of international travel and blue lights brigades.

“ActionSA will issue a letter to the speaker of the National Assembly to seek that the election is declared invalid and to force the committee, embarrassingly, to reconvene a third time to elect a candidate,” ActionSA national chairperson Micheal Beaumont said in astatementon Friday. CDE DORIS MPAPANE ELECTED CHAIRPERSON OF PRESIDENCY COMMITTEEThe ANC Caucus congratulates the newly elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on the Presidency.pic.twitter.com/N1xRvjTNhv Beaumont said he does not believe that an ANC chairperson will be able to hold President Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy, Paul Mashatile, accountable. “This committee chaired by the ANC will have zero prospect of real accountability. “Fortunately, ActionSA’s legal challenge to the speaker will likely declare the result invalid and give the DA the chance to do the right thing, for the third time,” he said.