The Electoral Commission (IEC) says it is on track to hold local government elections next year.
The possibility has prompted two of the country's 'big three' political parties, the EFF and ANC to initiate a debate on the postponement of the elections. The two parties are seemingly in agreement on the need to postpone next year's elections to 2024 and come up with a new framework for a single election for all spheres of government.The ANC, after a meeting of its national working committee last week, has also now officially started discussing a similar proposal internally.
A ruling of the Constitutional Court last week, which allows for independent candidates to stand for both national and provincial elections, has also sparked a bigger debate on changing the Electoral Act. But in a statement on Tuesday, IEC spokesperson Kate Bapela poured cold water on any suggestions that the commission wasn't ready for elections or that it supported a postponement.
“To the extent that these reports attribute the postponement of elections beyond the constitutionally permitted window period, these reports are incorrect,” said Bapela. She said the IEC had approached the Electoral Court to allow it to postpone by-elections on account of the effects of Covid-19 beyond the constitutionally allowed 90-day period.
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