Madam Acting Speaker, the DA's youth wing seems to have learned much from its mother body on how to campaign with more flash but less substance!
In the recent Student Representative Council, SRC, elections at the University of Cape Town, the DA-aligned student wing, the DA Students Organisation, Daso, was found guilty of interfering with vote-casting through the use of unauthorised electronic devices; grossly overspending, beyond the maximum allowed campaign limits; ... [Interjections.] ... attempting to conceal overspending through fraudulent accounting of costs; and failing to declare campaign plans to the SRC election committee. [Interjections.]
Madam Acting Speaker, I rise on a point of order ...
The sanction for having been found guilty of all the above- mentioned charges ...
Madam, I rise on a point of order: According to the Chief Whip of the Majority Party, statements should be made on factual information. [Interjections.] [Laughter.] I put it to you!
Continue, hon member.
The sanction for having been found guilty of all the above- mentioned charges was the disqualification of the DA candidates from the election process and the results thereof.
The DA candidates handed out hot chocolate and candy floss ... [Laughter.] ... and used laptops and iPads to go around and get students to place their votes in front of the campaigners, thus compromising the voting. One observer stated tongue-in-cheek that while Daso's campaign slogan was, "Let's fix it", he did not realise that they meant the campaign and not the university! Such underhanded tactics and buying of votes seems to pass from one generation of the DA to the other. I thank you. [Laughter.] [Interjections.]