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Former Cope national spokesperson Dennis Bloem has resigned from the party.<\/p>\n
Bloem said he will not stand by when there were so many wrong things happening in Cope.<\/p>\n
Cope has in the last few months been involved in factional battles involving leader Mosiuoa Lekota and his deputy Willie Madisha.<\/p>\n
But Madisha was expelled from Cope a few months ago.<\/p>\n
Bloem on Friday accused Lekota and his allies of illegally removing Madisha from Parliament.<\/p>\n
But he said Madisha was challenging this decision in court.<\/p>\n
Bloem, who has been the spokesperson of Cope for many years, said he would not fold his arms while there were wrong things happening in the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot sit and keep quiet when wrong things are happening in the party. I am having a press conference tomorrow and I will explain what is happening,\u201d said Bloem.<\/p>\n
He added that although he has left Cope, he would not be lost to the political scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not disappearing from the political scene because we must save this country from what is happening now. But I am not going to form my own party,\u201d said Bloem.<\/p>\n
Cope has over the last few years lost support. When it was formed in 2008 it got 30 seats in Parliament in the 2009 elections.<\/p>\n
But factional battles led to the loss of more support when its electoral support dropped further in the 2014 elections when it only got three seats.<\/p>\n
In the 2019 elections, Cope only managed to get two seats, one for Lekota and the other one for Madisha.<\/p>\n
siyabonga.mkhwanazi@inl.co.za<\/p>\n
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