Media statement by James Selfe MP, Chairperson of the Federal Executive of the Democratic Alliance
21 April 2016
Following media reports that appeared in Die Son, the Daily Dispatch, the Weekend Post and the Herald newspapers, I was asked by the Federal Leader of the Party, Mmusi Maimane MP, to investigate claims that -
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The list process in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) had been manipulated in any way, so as to benefit certain candidates over others; and
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Mr Trollip had attempted to bribe Ms Nontuthuzelo Jack on Sunday 20 March, to "find dirt" on Ms Mvenya, and to be a witness in a disciplinary case against Councillor Bahle, without which testimony, the DA would lose.
I am very pleased to be able to announce that both these allegations are false, baseless and in the second instance, egregiously damaging to the dignity and reputation of the Provincial Leader, Mr Athol Trollip. The investigation revealed that at the time that Ms Jack deposed that Athol Trollip had tried to bribe her, he was in fact in Port Alfred. I have been shown documentary proof to this effect which shows conclusively that he could not possibly have been in Port Elizabeth at the time this incident allegedly occurred. Accordingly charges of crimen injuria and perjury have been laid against Ms Jack at the Motherwell SAPS.