The parties are challenging aspects of the Disaster Management Act, bringing the government’s entire lockdown under legal scrutiny
The DA and the Freedom Front Plus are approaching the courts to challenge the constitutionality of legislation allowing the creation of government's key coronavirus decision-making body , bringing the entire lockdown under legal scrutiny.
The party has already instructed its lawyers to challenge the alleged discriminatory use of the Covid-19 emergency relief fund and has petitioned the International Monetary Fund to make any funds obtained from them by the SA government conditional on their non-racial use, or any other arbitrary criteria.
He believes that the NCC is able to take “irrational” decisions because it is acting without any checks and balances. There was no parliamentary oversight, which means the executive wrote the laws without any debate. The “dictatorial madness” of the NCC had resulted in a spate of irrational regulations, which have nothing to do with fighting the coronavirus.FF+ leader Pieter Groenewald said his party will urgently apply to the high court to challenge the validity of the Disaster Management Act and request that the court find that the government is abusing it.
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