Election officials seal ballot boxes at the end of voting in South Africa's parliamentary and provincial elections at a polling station in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8,2019. Election officials seal ballot boxes at the end of voting in South Africa's parliamentary and provincial elections at a polling station in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8,2019.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has only a day left to meet the February 28 deadline that the Constitutional Court has imposed on him to sign theThe Bill provides for independent candidates to also contest elections at both provincial and national levels. The court earlier found that the Electoral Act was unconstitutional because it did not allow independent candidates to also contest for seats in the provincial legislatures and national Parliament.
He adds, “That 24 months were eventually extended, and clearly, the time that the IEC requires to implement the processes leading up to the 2024 elections has been seriously constrained and I am certain that the president is well aware of the implications of not finalising this. In my opinion, it is better to have a bad legislation than not to have a legislation at all.”Share article
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