"Salga wants to make it clear that intimidation of councillors who have crossed the floor is unconstitutional and illegal," he said.
Speaking to journalists in Pretoria today, Father Mkhatshwa, who is also Tshwane mayor, encouraged members and leaders of political parties who crossed the floor to respect the rights of those who moved to other parties.
The period during which councillors may defect to other parties expires today.
Two weeks ago, the Constitutional Court approved the floor crossing legislation that allowed members of different political parties to defect to other political parties without losing their seats.
Father Mkhatshwa said the issue of councillors crossing the floor would not affect service delivery by municipalities at all, adding that the reasons why certain councillors were crossing the floor was that they believed that other parties could render better services.
"Those parties that believe in the South African agenda of ensuring a non-racial culture, democracy, safety, service delivery and the reconstruction and development plan and the commitment to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) are now coming together to pursue these agendas," Father Mkhatshwa said.
He explained that these parties were realising that South Africa played a pivotal role in reconstructing Africa as evidenced by the hosting of the World Conference Against Racism, the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and the African Union (AU) -BuaNews.
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