Ambitious crossers out in cold
2007-09-19 14:08
Pretoria - Too much ambition might leave a politician without a seat on a council was the lesson that some councillors learned the hard way during the recent floor-crossing period.
Figures released by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Wednesday showed that 30 councillors would have no seats on individual municipal councils after failing to successfully complete their floor-crossing.
Among these was a councillor who walked over to another party before the floor-crossing window opened.
Then there were four councillors who tried to criss-cross the floor changing their allegiance more than once during the two-week period.
However 21 people who were not councillors before and then pretended to cross the floor, forming new parties, took the award for being the most ambitious.
The IEC said in instances where councillors did not comply with regulations they would lose their seats.
- SAPA