LIVE | IEC says amending timetable to re-open candidate nominations is 'reasonably necessary'
Decision on 2021 Local Govt Elections Registration of Candidates: it has extended the deadline: We welcome this decision. They had no power to deny the candidates their Constitutional Rights.Mashinini says it’s reasonably necessary to amend the timetable and to re-open candidate registrations. Following the voter registration weekend, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will proclaim the new date of elections, Mashinini says.
While the Constitutional Court ruling may be a surprise for political parties, who argued that they were unable to campaign for the elections during the Covid-19 pandemic, election experts warned that the IEC might have gone the wrong route to secure a postponement. Today, 3 September 2021 at 16h30: For reasons to follow, the Constitutional Court, by majority decision, handed down an order in Electoral Commission v Minister of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
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