 At the new party's Sandton convention, the name "South African Democratic Congress (SADC)" was also proposed, but it was later discovered by them that this was already being used by another party that was due to contest the 2009 election.By 15 November, the name "Congress of the People" was chosen, and its official abbreviation was chosen to be "COPE", not "COP".When the name settled on was the "Congress of the People", the ANC announced they would challenge this name as well.