The IEC says it wants to ensure that it fully understands the application of Section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution.
JOHANNESBURG - The United Democratic Movement has raised concern over the legal battle between the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa and the Electoral Court.This follows the IEC confirming its move to appeal the recent Electoral Court ruling on former president Jacob Zuma's running for public office in the Constitutional Court.
The IEC says it wants to ensure that it fully understands the application of Section 47 of the Constitution.The UDM says seeing the IEC battle with the Electoral Court is a strange set of circumstances ahead of the general elections. On Friday, the IEC said it was not playing politics with the matter when it approached the apex court, adding that it wanted to understand the interpretation of the section of interest contained in the Constitution.due to his prison sentence after he was found guilty of contempt in 2021.
This week, however, the Electoral Court upheld a challenge from Zuma and his newly-formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party.
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