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Danny Jordaan running from accountability as yet another debate ditched

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Dear MyPE

Danny Jordaan has once again ditched a crucial election debate at the last minute. Despite committing to attend today’s ANN7 debate, Mayor Jordaan has again decided to rather stay in hiding.

The ANC’s Mayoral Candidate has now run from four important election debates in the same way he’s run from accountability over the last year.

In addition to repeatedly letting down and inconveniencing debate organisers, it is now abundantly clear that Danny Jordaan does not want to answer to the people of Nelson Mandela Bay. Instead, he hides away because he is too afraid that the people of the Bay will see him for the broken promises Mayor he is.

Danny Jordaan’s office continues to make out that there is nothing wrong with this act of hiding from the people. So I again extend another challenge to the Mayor: Come out and answer to the people of NMB, tell us about your involvement in the FIFA bribe scandal, your criminal appointments and broken promises, and your very close allegiance to Jacob Zuma.

The DA is ready to take our Metro forward again by being available and accountable to the people of this Metro. Real good governance starts with change and a new DA government, to see this Metro turned around and moving forward again.

With immediate infrastructure upgrades, economic development that creates jobs, zero-tolerance on corruption and quality housing projects, Nelson Mandela Bay will quickly rise to the top, just as Cape Town did after the DA took over.

Service delivery gives our people dignified spaces in which to live. Fixing potholes, weekly refuse collection in every ward, maintaining all municipal roads, providing access to electricity, potable water and sanitation will be priorities for the DA in government here in Nelson Mandela Bay.

A vote for the DA means a vote for jobs. In Cape Town we have managed to cut unemployment by 3 percentage points in the last year. Where other cities have lost jobs, the DA-governed City of Cape Town has created more opportunities and jobs. We are leading and we are moving South Africa forward again!

This is the story the DA wants to be telling in Nelson Mandela Bay and are ready to do so once elected to govern.

Regards

Athol Trollip

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