The MK party turned to the Electoral Court in a last-ditch effort to have Zuma on the ballot and to appeal the IEC's decision to bar him
The MK party turned to the Electoral Court in a last-ditch effort to have Zuma on the ballot and to appeal the IEC's decision to bar himDali Mpou has argued the Electoral Commission of SA has no right to say who could be elected to the National Assembly.MK party and IEC to battle in court over Zuma’s candidacy
Mpofu argued South Africa cannot afford to disenfranchise, whether it is former president Jacob Zuma or the uMkhonto weSizwe party “at a whim.” “That cannot be the attitude of a South African institution, let alone an independent institution whose job it is to ensure that our Section 19 rights are realised,” Mpofu argued.
“The point we are making now is simply this: The IEC does not have, or must tell this court where it gets the authority to implement Section 47. The answer is, nowhere. It does not work that way… The only power of the IEC is found in Section 190 of the Constitution. It cannot wake up and do whatever it wants.”
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