Parliament is required to hold its first sitting within 14 days after election results are declared - to swear in new members, elect a speaker, a deputy speaker and the president.
CAPE TOWN - As the nation anxiously waits to see whether political parties can come up with a power sharing agreement for a majority government.CASAC's executive director, Lawson Naidoo, said political parties do not have to reach any form of coalition agreement by the time Parliament is required to sit for the first time.
This means it will have to strike some form of deal with opposition parties to avoid the instability of being a minority government.“The Constitution says nothing about the formation of a government. All it says is that the president must be elected. The president appoints the deputy president and the Cabinet. There’s no time frame given for when the president must do that.
Parliament is not expected to settle down to business until mid to late July - giving the ANC ample time find suitable bedfellows to run the seventh administration. On Thursday, the chief justice will hand over the list of names of new MPs to Parliament to pave the way for a first sitting expected on 18 June 2024.
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