A legal battle about the leadership of Cope will continue in the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Congress of the People co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota was expected to testify on Tuesday, but did not take the stand.
He and his fellow co-founder Mbazima Shilowa were both in court.
On Tuesday, Cope head researcher Farouk Cassim told the court he did not recall hearing discussion, at a 2010 conference, about changes to the party's quorum requirements.
Researcher Caleb Ntlondlana said he was also not aware of discussions to change the quorum required for the dissolution of the party from two-thirds to 50 percent plus one.
A quorum is the number of members who must be present to validate a party decision.
In February 2011, Lekota obtained an interim court order recognising him as Cope president and restraining Shilowa from claiming the title of party leader.
On February 8 that year, Lekota expelled Shilowa from the party after an internal disciplinary hearing. Shilowa, who refused to participate in the hearing, was found guilty of mismanaging the party's parliamentary funds.
On July 18, 2012, the High Court in Pretoria struck from the roll an application by a Cope faction aligned to Shilowa.
The application was to stop further disciplinary hearings against Cope members pending the outcome of the Shilowa-Lekota leadership dispute.
Cope leadership case continues
A legal battle about the leadership of Cope will continue in the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Congress of the People co-founder Mosiuoa Lekota was expected to testify on Tuesday, but did not take the stand.
He and his fellow co-founder Mbazima Shilowa were both in court.
On Tuesday, Cope head researcher Farouk Cassim told the court he did not recall hearing discussion, at a 2010 conference, about changes to the party's quorum requirements.
Researcher Caleb Ntlondlana said he was also not aware of discussions to change the quorum required for the dissolution of the party from two-thirds to 50 percent plus one.
A quorum is the number of members who must be present to validate a party decision.
In February 2011, Lekota obtained an interim court order recognising him as Cope president and restraining Shilowa from claiming the title of party leader.
On February 8 that year, Lekota expelled Shilowa from the party after an internal disciplinary hearing. Shilowa, who refused to participate in the hearing, was found guilty of mismanaging the party's parliamentary funds.
On July 18, 2012, the High Court in Pretoria struck from the roll an application by a Cope faction aligned to Shilowa.
The application was to stop further disciplinary hearings against Cope members pending the outcome of the Shilowa-Lekota leadership dispute.
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