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I-Democratic Alliance (DA) kanye nenyunyana yabasebenzi iSolidarity baphikise lesi sinqumo, bethi uSomlomo ushintshe inqubo yokuvota.<\/p>\n<p>Esinqumweni sayo, iNkantolo Ephakeme yasePitoli yanquma ukuthi uSomlomo \u201cwayengenalo igunya lokunquma ukufaneleka kwekhansela ukuvota noma ukususa amavoti afakwe ngempela ekusetshenzisweni kwemiyalelo nemisebenzi yalawo makhansela athintekile,\u201d njengoba kusho uJaji u-AJ Pillay. Inkantolo ithole ukuthi ukususa amavoti ngesikhathi senqubo kwakungemthetho, yamisa isinqumo, futhi yavimbela umkhandlu ekuphoqeleleni ukumiswa. UMeya we-DA uCilliers Brink, ekhuluma ngemuva kwesinqumo, wasola uSomlomo ngokuchitha ngamabomu amavoti asemthethweni ukuqinisekisa ukususwa kukaMettler.<\/p>\n<h4>Umongo Wezepolitiki Nezinyathelo Ezilandelayo<\/h4>\n<p>Lezi zenzakalo zikhulise ukungezwani kwezepolitiki ngaphakathi koMkhandlu waseTshwane, okubonisa ukuphikisana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwe-EFF, i-DA, kanye namanye amaqembu mayelana nezindinganiso zokubusa e-metro. I-DA yaphikisana ngokuthi ukususwa kukaMettler kwakuhloselwe ukubekela eceleni umphathi omelene nenkohlakalo, kuyilapho isikhalazo sokuqala se-EFF saqala inqubo. Ukungenelela kwenkantolo kuqinisa isibopho samakhansela sokunamathela ezinqubweni ezifanele kanye nokuhlonipha imikhawulo emandleni kaSomlomo ngesikhathi sokuvota.<\/p>\n<p>Ngokubuyiselwa kwakhe esikhundleni, uMettler uzoqhubeka nemisebenzi yakhe ngenkathi uphenyo oluzimele ngezinsolo zokuqala zokungaziphathi kahle luqhubeka. 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