Tshwane EFF disrupts polygraph testing, ActionSA vows to lay charges

However, Beaumont stuck to his guns and said the party would open criminal charges against the three EFF councillors who disrupted the process on Monday, vowing they will get to the bottom of what the red berets were “trying to hide about how their candidate for mayor was elected”.

Newly elected mayor Makwarela received 112 votes and the DA’s Brink received 101, suggesting some councillors from the DA-led coalition camp defied the coalition mandate and voted for Makwarela.

“The EFF is revealing itself daily as a criminal enterprise that is willing to engage in criminal acts to protect their newfound alliance with the ANC. We will not rest until those involved are arrested and removed as councillors from the City of Tshwane,” said the ActionSA national chairperson.

ActionSA was not the only party attempting to uncover defiant councillors, with the DA commencing its efforts to sniff out possible delinquents from its camp last Friday.

Tshwane DA caucus leader Brink confessed his caucus resolved to submit themselves to lie detector tests, and said they believe similar resolutions were taken by their coalition partners, citing it was, however, voluntary.

“We want to make sure our own house is in order. Public representatives don’t represent ourselves, we represent the public. Councillors have to be held to the promises they made at an election, otherwise there is no such thing as an electoral mandate. We can’t afford secret balloting to hide backroom dealings.”

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