Several new political parties await the ConCourt's decision over whether their flawed registrations might be authenticated
New political parties who failed to register with the IEC on time will appear before the Constitutional Court this week to seek a reprieveSeveral fledgling political parties will this week take their battle to get on this month’s election ballot to theThey claimed the IEC’s registration portal was bogged down with system errors that prevented them from adequately fulfilling the registration requirements.
As of the March 8 deadline, 101 new parties had signalled their intentions to register with the IEC via their online portal, but only 38 of those applications were successful.These parties included Operation Dudula, Cape Independence Party and Defenders of the People. Three electoral candidates from The Labour Party, the African Congress for Transformation and the Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats will reportedly now appear before the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.The IEC claims the parties only have themselves to blame, but the Labour Party’s Kirster Janse van Rensburg outlined the reasons why their appeal should be considered., Janse van Rensburg argued the IEC’s portal would not allow them to upload information before the March 8 deadline.
Believing voters have had their rights infringed upon, she argued: “The relief sought by the Labour Party will ensure that rather than disenfranchising citizens of this country, the national and provincial elections will still be held, albeit on another date.”WATCH: ‘We will not vote for you when you’ve done nothing for us’, youth tells Ramaphosa
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