Motsoaledi submits new list of nominees for electoral reform panel to Parly

Their job will be to research whether the country’s voting system needs an overhaul.

CAPE TOWN - Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has submitted the names of nine new nominees to Parliament to serve on an electoral reform consultation panel after the May elections.There have been calls from some sectors of civil society that have pushed for the inclusion of independent candidates, also for a constituency-based electoral system.

Only two of them appeared on the previous list - former IEC chairperson, Pansy Tlakula, and former deputy chief electoral officer, Norman du Plessis. In his letter to Parliament, Motsoaledi said that the recommended list followed consultations with the IEC.

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