IEC Requests Reasons Behind Order Allowing Jacob Zuma to Contest General Election

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IEC Requests Reasons Behind Order Allowing Jacob Zuma to Contest General Election
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The IEC will seek legal advice and request reasons from the Electoral Court on its order allowing Jacob Zuma to run in the upcoming 2024 General Election.

The IEC will request the Electoral Court to provide reasons behind its order to set aside the commission's decision to remove Jacob Zuma from the MK's candidate list

The commission said it would also seek legal advice on the matter despite acknowledging the court's judgementThe IEC would request reasons behind the Electoral Court's decision to allow Jacob Zuma to contest the Election. Image: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images and Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Imagesagainst removing Zuma from its list on 8 April 2024, and the court ruled in the party's favour a day later.

Zuma maintained that the country was a democracy and that if he were voted in as President by a two-thirds majority, he would return to The former leader added that he may return to the presidency as he was removed from office before completing his second term.

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