The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is conducting internal investigation after ANC's list of candidates was leaked on Friday.
With the ANC expected to formally release its already leaked candidates list today, it is anticipated that some heads might roll. The party submitted its national and provincial candidates list for the upcoming general elections via an online portal to the Electoral Commission of South Africa on Friday, in time to beat the strict 5pm deadline. By Friday, the list had hit social media – with party members’ identity numbers.
“It is a person who released that list in an unauthorised manner because the period to release those lists has not yet come in terms of the timetable. “It unfairly advantages opposition parties who will have two weeks to inspect and prepare objections against ANC candidates, while the ANC will have only two days to do so in relation to the candidates of other parties,” he said.
“The ANC’s election committee has followed a thorough interview and vetting process for all the candidates to ensure that the list reflects the deployment of individuals characterised by the right skill set, integrity, experience and capabilities to serve the demands at provincial and national government,” she said.
This further suggested the Zondo commission report into state capture would not be used as a basis to remove the implicated members from the party’s candidates list if they had not yet been charged by the NPA.
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