The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature is a people’s assembly that upholds democracy and transparency and has the responsibility of:

• discussing Bills (draft laws) that are introduced in the House by the Members of the Executive Council (MECs)
• writing new laws
• changing any laws that are no longer needed
• discussing national laws that affect the province
• debating on matters of public importance
• approving the budget presented to the Legislature by the provincial Government
• acting as watchdogs on the work of Government, and checking that public money is spent wisely

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FOURTH LEGISLATURE: 6 May 2009 to current date

The Legislature consists of 63 MPLs. The ANC is the majority party in the Legislature as it holds 44 seats. COPE is the Official Opposition as it has 9 seats. This is followed by the DA with 6 seats, the UDM with 3 seats and the AIC with 1 seat.

ANC’s 44 MPLs

COPE's 9 MPLs
DA’s 6 MPLs
UDM’s 3 MPLs
AIC’s 1 MPL

 

Each party holds a caucus meeting at least once a week to discuss how they are going to deal with issues before the Legislature.

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THIRD LEGISLATURE: 2004-2009 

 

The Legislature consisted of 63 MPLs. The ANC was the majority party in the Legislature as it holds 53 seats. The DA was the Official Opposition as it had 5 seats. This was followed by the UDM with 4 seats and the APC with 1 seat.