Concourt gives parliament until December to amend Electoral Act - The reprieve came on the day the 18-month deadline to amend the Act to allow independent candidates to stand for the national and provincial legislatures expired
in 2020 to amend the Electoral Act to allow independent candidates to be elected to the national and provincial legislatures.
The reprieve came on the exact day the original two-year timeframe accorded for the amendments in the ruling penned byThe fact that an amendment Bill was only brought to parliament in January was one of the reasons advanced by the legislature for seeking an extension.should be adopted, other than to allow for independent representation. But there are serious concerns that the draft Bill may not pass constitutional muster.
The Bill also does not make proper provision for what should happen in the event that an elected independent candidate dies in office. Naidoo said he was not convinced that the current electoral model lent itself to simply being “tweaked” to accommodate independent candidates, which is what MPs have attempted to do with the draft amendment, and that adopting some form of a constituency model was indicated.into state capture, but the ruling ANC and other political parties are loath to move in that direction.
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