De Lille ready for next round after no-conf idence vote
HER boxing gloves are at the ready‚ and Patricia de Lille appears set to fight – at least if a tweet in response to a vote of no confidence passed against the Cape Town mayor last night is anything to go by.
In the tweet – captioned “Next round! Let’s go!” – she says “what is important is who gives the knockout” while brandishing a pair of black boxing gloves. In the background is a newspaper poster saying: “Don’t let racists speak for you.”
De Lille faced a vote of no confidence yesterday from the party’s Cape Town caucus. The motion was passed‚ paving the way‚ ultimately‚ for De Lille to be removed from her post.
She described the vote as being driven by the feelings of individuals and not the “public’s will”.
This vote could be the first step in De Lille being recalled or asked to resign. DA MP Natasha Mazzone said yesterday evening on the Karima Brown Show on Radio 702 that De Lille had until May 2 to make submissions to the party’s federal executive on why she should not resign.
The federal executive will then discuss De Lille’s submissions and if it ratifies the vote‚ De Lille has two days to resign or her party membership will be terminated.
Mazzone believes the vote by 138 councillors shows there is a “complete lack of confidence [in De Lille]”.
De Lille told journalists yesterday she could head to court – which seems to be backed up by her boxing video.