KNYSNA NEWS - Mayor Mark Willemse and Councillor Peter Myers have confirmed this morning that they have notified the DA of intention to appeal the sentence imposed by the Provincial Disciplinary Committee – which included sanctions for both Councillors.
“The DA have been notified of our appeal,” said Myers – without elaborating on how long this process could take.
The actions against the two DA councillors follow a council meeting of 6 June 2018, in which councillor Eleanor Bouw-Spies was ousted as mayor and Willemse was voted into in her position. Willemse and Myers voted with the ANC to remove Bouw-Spies as mayor – which led to the disciplinary action being taken against them.
Both Myers and Willemse will now seek to have the entire finding of misconduct overturned by the Federal Legal Commission (FLC).
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