Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes the immediate resignation of Allan Boesak as a member and leader of Cope in the Western Cape province, as well as a member of the Western Cape provincial legislature;
2) further notes that during his resignation, Allan Boesak gave a short political obituary of Cope by indicating that from the very beginning Cope structures were characterised by faction fighting, strife, pitched battles for political supremacy and duplicity and that party continues to be in disarray; and
(3) takes this opportunity to welcome Comrade Allan Boesak and many more former members of Cope who continue to return to the ANC in many parts of the country because they know and have witnessed that in the era of political confusion that beset our nation a year ago and in the wilderness of a penchant and hunger for power by those who misled them to leave a movement that they served for a greater part of their lives, the ANC lives and remains the only route to the advancement of the needs of the people of South Africa and the dismantling of the legacy of apartheid settlement in our communities.
No, Madam Chair, I object. Madam Chair, on a point of order: the member spoke of a Mr Watkins. I'm not sure who she is speaking about. Thank you.
Chair, I want to correct myself. I meant the hon Watson.
There being an objection, the motion without notice became a notice of motion.