The Constitutional Court will on Monday hand down judgment on whether the decision of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) to reopen the candidate nomination process for the 2021 local government elections was unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid.
During an election campaign in Soweto on Saturday, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa was asked how he felt ahead of the judgment. He said: “I am very relaxed and I think we have put forward a very good and cogent case on this matter and the legal arguments that we put forward are good and sound.”
Ramaphosa said the party would give the Constitutional Court space to issue its judgment. “We will respect whatever judgment the Constitutional Court comes up with. They are the apex court in our country, which all of us signed a contract that what the Constitutional Court concludes should be respected and accepted.”
On whether he would be having sleepless nights over the matter, Ramaphosa said, “Of course if it goes the other way and we are not able to field our candidates in a number of municipalities, that is a great concern to us but we are going to put our best foot forward in all the other municipalities where we will have our candidates.”
Furthermore, he said, “All in all, we are going to field our candidates all over and the ANC will run a good election campaign and we will win the elections.”
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