Five, they claimed that they would be an effective opposition, but the deputy leader of Cope is never seen in the corridors of Parliament, and their leadership has become moribund.
South Africans have voted and they have expressed a vote of no confidence in Cope. I say this because this group has, on two occasions since Polokwane, in 2007 and in April 2009, dismally failed to get political recognition through democratic processes and is now using this House to win their vote.