The Speaker announced that Dr M S Motshekga had been elected as Chief Whip and Mr G Magwanishe as Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party, and that Mr I O Davidson had been elected as Chief Whip of the Opposition.
The Speaker announced that he had been informed that Mr R A P Trollip had been elected by the Democratic Alliance as its Parliamentary leader and therefore Leader of the Opposition in terms of section 57(2)(d) of the Constitution. The Speaker further announced that he had been informed that the Deputy President had been designated Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly in terms of section 91(4) of the Constitution.
The Speaker announced that he had, in terms of Rule 319, designated Ms A Dlodlo as Parliamentary Counsellor to the President and Mr J H Jeffery as Parliamentary Counsellor to the Deputy President, with effect from 20 May 2009.