'There is nothing that they can do to stop us' BLF not deterred by court ruling | Sesona_Ngqaks
47 minutes agoBlack First Land First says it is not deterred by the Electoral Court's finding that the Electoral Commission of SA erred when it did not publish the party's registration in the Government Gazette in 2016."There is nothing that they can do to stop us. We are going to Parliament. On the 8 of May we are voting. Our people must know that.
The court ruled on Monday that the chief electoral officer of the IEC was obliged to publish a decision to have a party registered in terms of section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act 51 of 1996.On Monday, the FF+ argued that a segment of BLF's application to have it registered was never published and that it did not have the opportunity to object to the party's registration. The IEC did, however, publish BLF's application for political party status.
"The [IEC CEO] has failed to publish this registration. He has caused any aggrieved party not to be able to exercise its right of appeal," Snellenberg argued. However, the court ruled that the IEC failed to publish the registration and that the appeal period therefore did not commence.
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