A race against time to finalize the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill - can it be ready for the 2024 elections?
State law advisors are working on fine-tuning the legislation, but challenges in the Constitutional Court may hinder the process, potentially impacting the 2024 election date.While the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill was passed into law in April, the sticking points challenged in the Constitutional Court could see the process delayed even further.
They were dubbed “consequential amendments” because they arose as challenges from the Act passed in April. But the slow process could impact the announcement of the 2024 election date.This unless President Cyril Ramaphosa, extraordinarily decided to put the cart before the horse and proclaim the election date before the Bill was finalised.The government still needed a legal opinion as to whether the legislation must be in force before the election is proclaimed.
Some expected parliament to bulldoze the legislation with the new changes in the chamber in a sitting next month, including organising rushed public inputs. Motsoaledi is expected to request that Cabinet to allow him to introduce it for approval next month, after which it will be tabled in parliament.However, there is no timeline set but concerns about whether the legislation needed to be passed before the election date are proclaimed, were not answered by the department.“I’d be surprised if this Bill can be approved before early April,” a civil society member said.
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