Opposition challenges order to apologise to Patricia de Lille
22 April 2019 - 17:39If the Electoral Commission of SA is granted the power to police election speech by political parties, this would ultimately undermine the freedom and fairness of the country’s elections, the DA says.
The DA was found to have violated the IEC’s electoral code of conduct after it spread false information about De Lille, who it said was fired from her job as mayor. “The DA have a right to apply to review the IEC decision but they do not have the right to continue to make false statements about me. My lawyers have requested the DA to give me an undertaking to stop using their false script, saying that they ‘fired me’, at least until a court has determined the finding of the IEC,” De Lille said. Get our news and views in your inbox
The party said it was not unlawful for the DA to say that it fired De Lille, as it was true, or at least merely lawful comment. “This is a deeply intrusive power,” Selfe said, arguing that free and fair elections do not require the IEC to police electoral speech.
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