Former president Jacob Zuma is likely to be disqualified from becoming an MP, while government has sent a warning on election disruptions.
The Constitution states that a candidate cannot be elected to Parliament if convicted of an offence. The disqualification only ends five years after the sentence has been completed.
Zuma, who was convicted to 15 months in prison for contempt of court in July 2021 and later received a remission of sentence, was announced as MK party’s presidential candidate this week. “The second point is that leaders of political parties must exercise mature leadership and realise that there is a certain standard of leadership expected on the part of all role players in a constitutional and democratic state,” the IEC official said.“The commission is not intimidated in any way and the commission assures all South Africans that it will discharge its constitutional duty without any apprehension occasioned by threats that have become a common place in the political space.
“Anybody who threatens violence when we’ve got dispute-resolution mechanisms for either elections or any type of dispute does not deserve to live among South Africans.
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