Parliament has written to Mr Mosiuoa Lekota and Mr Mbhazima Shilowa requesting the Congress of the People (COPE) to resolve urgently its leadership dispute and inform Parliament accordingly.
This follows the receipt by Parliament of a letter from Mr Lekota on 17 December 2010 in which Parliament was informed that the leadership structure of COPE, as elected in 2008, would continue.
On 19 January 2011 Parliament received a letter from Mr Shilowa advising Parliament that COPE had held an elective conference from 15 to 17 December at which Mr Shilowa had been elected President of COPE.
Source: Parliament of South Africa
