The FF Plus has initiated a drive to challenge the constitutionality of South Africa's Expropriation Act by seeking support from eight political parties represented in Parliament. FF Plus leader Dr. Pieter Groenewald aims to refer the Act to the Constitutional Court for validation, leveraging Section 80 of the Constitution which allows a third of National Assembly members to initiate such a challenge. While the Democratic Alliance (DA) is open to discussions on joining the legal action, two other approached parties, the African Transformation Movement (ATM) and Rise Mzansi, have declined, stating their belief in the Act's constitutionality. The African National Congress (ANC), a part of the Government of National Unity (GNU), has indicated its readiness to defend the Act in court.
The FF Plus has confirmed that it has invited eight political parties represented in Parliament to apply for litigation againstFF Plus leader Dr Pieter Groenewald says he has circulated written letters to parties that were in the sixth Parliament as well as the new parties in the 7th Parliament regarding the matter.
“I can confirm that yesterday I sent letters to eight political party leaders in the national assembly requesting their support that we can refer the expropriation act in terms of Section 80 of the Constitution to the Constitutional Court to validate its constitutionality. Eight parties are the parties who voted against the Expropriation Bill when it was in the process in the National Assembly.
“Section 80 of the Constitution requires that a third of the number of national assembly members can put forward such a request. And these parties if they do support the freedom front plus is enough to ensure that a third of the members of the national assembly then support a referral to the constitutional court”.)
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