The MK party said the decision of the IEC before the announcement made on 28 March 2024 never furnished Zuma’s party with the reasons
The MK party said the IEC "had no valid reasons to violate the political rights of Zuma".The uMkhonto we Sizwe party has turned to the Electoral Court in Bloemfontein to appeal the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s decision to barhad until end of business on Tuesday to appeal last week’s decision by the IEC.
“The IEC lacks the power, jurisdiction and or authority to implement section 47 of the Constitution which deals with regulating membership of the National Assembly. That power resides with the National Assembly itself,” it said.The MK party said the commission and not just Judge Dhaya Pillay was legally excluded by bias from deciding the matter because in January it allegedly made an “inappropriate public statement” pronouncing the very issue raised in the objection.
“At best, the IEC Commissioner Love ought properly to have recused herself. At worst, the entire commission was disqualified from taking the decision,” the MK party said.
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