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Personality clashes rock COPE

The Mail & Guardian interviewed Lekota after Cope insiders indicated he is still aggrieved by the choice of Mvume Dandala as the party's presidential candidate. The sources said while he pretended in public that he was over the shock, his anger is still being felt in Cope. Denying he was bitter, Lekota said any new party inevitably has problems. However, he remarked that the decision in Dandala's favour was taken in his absence. "I think we could have managed the process better; the meeting went ahead and we had to join later," he said"

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