🗳️Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs to apply for another extension for public input into the proposed Electoral Amendment Bill. Catch up on the story here: ElectoralAmmendmentBill
This is not the first time there will be discussions on the country’s electoral system.
“Remember after debate in the National Assembly, we made it very clear that this bill is answering one question about the issue of independent candidates. However, Democratic Alliance MP Adrian Roos expressed concern about proceeding with clause 23 without National Assembly’s approval.“I’m quite surprised to see the proposal that this is fine [and] that it doesn’t constitute a substantial change that needs permission from the National Assembly.
“The regulations require parties to produce 1 000 signatures to register [however] now with this new amendment that has been incorporated… new parties that aren’t represented in the National Assembly and provincial legislature will not only have to provide 1 000 signatures, but also [meet] the 20% [quota] of the region they were contesting.
IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya said the commission would have to assess what the ConCourt extension would mean on its preparations for the 2024 elections.
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