Independent candidates demand that the IEC treats them equally with political parties and displays their pictures alongside party leaders. The IEC addresses concerns about candidates appearing on multiple lists.
Independent candidates demand equal treatment from IEC , push for inclusion of photos alongside party leaders.Independent candidates yesterday put their foot down, demanding that theshould treat them equally with the political parties and display their pictures as it does with leaders of political parties .
Among the 18 candidates whose names appeared on different lists were Marius Fransman, leader of the People’s Movement for Change and fellow party member, Dan Plato.The party, which operated as an issue-focused social movement, would contest the elections at national level and both in the Western Cape and Northern Cape ballots.
Plato is former Democratic Alliance Western Cape legislature member and former Cape mayor. On the exclusion of pictures for independents, national independent candidate Anele Mda demanded that the IEC should account for its failure to include her picture on the display during the event, despite the fact that she submitted it timeously to the IEC at its request.The IEC’s failure to include all independents’ mugshots caused an outcry from the candidates.
IEC deputy electoral commission: electoral matters Masego Sheburi said the national ballot paper did not require pictures of independents anyway because only political parties contested the national ballot on a proportional representation basis.
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