13 January 2018 Dear supporters of the petition Thank you for your continued support. Our petition stands at 1,002 and growing each day. We applaud the opposition parties, ANC, UDM and the ACDP for holding the DA accountable in the Cape Metropole. I wish to quote Jason Felix, who wrote an excellent article in the Cape Argus on how the opposition parties seized the moral high ground in the Cape metropole by insisting that Patricia De Lille gets a fair trial: “Cape Town - Embattled Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has found unlikely allies in the ANC, ACDP and UDM after the DA’s metro executive recommended that she be axed. The three main opposition parties in the city council have slammed the DA, saying the way her case is being handled is unfair. ACDP councillor Grant Haskin said the DA would be on its own if it planned a no-confidence vote. “We cannot sit back and allow this to happen. Natural justice should take its course. “We cannot make decisions without proper investigations and inquiries being finalized. They know there are investigations on the go, yet they still go ahead with this move. We don’t agree with that. It is unfair towards the mayor. You can’t just remove someone because you don’t like her. You are innocent until proven guilty,” he said. ANC spokesperson Khaya Yozi said the reasons given by the DA for its bid to remove De Lille were weak. “De Lille can take them to the cleaners. In fact, she must challenge them. The DA has no credibility left after they rigged their conference and shredded evidence to hide their dirt.” “De Lille must be given a chance to answer to the allegations against her. If she agrees to go then she will be giving the DA an opportunity to hide corruption in the City. Why is the removal of the mayor not including the deputy mayor (Ian Neilson)?” Yozi asked.” “The ANC’s accusations do not exclude Neilson, he is also subject to the independent investigating committee.” “ UDM president Bantu Holomisa condemned the party’s own councillor for voting in favour of the council conducting its own investigation into the veracity of the claims made against De Lille.” “The Cape Town scenario demonstrates that the DA seem to prefer a kangaroo court-style ousting of those who, we can only surmise, they find ‘undesirable’, in favour of some untoward plan of action,” he said. Well done, opposition parties in the CT Metro Council. You are doing your duty in keeping the DA accountable to the laws of natural justice. What is most alarming is the recommendation of the DA’s Kangaroo court, namely the DA Metro executive, led by none other than Grant Twigg, who we all know has an axe to grind against De Lille, because of his own suspension by the DA a few months ago for failing party policy. Of course, Twigg will be biased against De Lille because of his continued opposition to her for the past two years. “Grant Twigg, the DA metro leader, said the metro’s executive had recommended to the party’s provincial executive committee and national federal executive that De Lille be removed as mayor.” “Patricia de Lille has lost the confidence of the metro executive, the relevant political authority. We are of the view that the City of Cape Town requires stability, unity, and functionality - which we believe she cannot deliver,” Twigg said. We, the voters of the Cape Metropole, have lost all confidence in the DA’s metro executive and its recommendation to the party’s provincial executive committee and national federal executive that Patricia De Lille be removed as mayor. As voters, unfortunately, we do not have a vote right now in the City of Cape Town Council to show our displeasure, BUT WE CHALLENGE THE DA TO REMOVE PATRICIA DE LILLE WITHOUT A FAIR TRIAL, AND WE WILL DISPLAY OUR DISPLEASURE IN APRIL 2019 (not too long to wait) WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU AT THE POLES IN THE WESTERN CAPE HOW DISPLEASED WE ARE WITH YOUR DECISION. This will not go away. Neither will we forget. What will please us as voters will be for the DA TO CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY CHAIRED BY A RETIRED JUDGE to investigate what really happened in the Cape Metropole. Create the opportunity for us as voters to come forward to give evidence in the De Lille saga.