Cape Town — The Constitutional Court has dismissed the bid of three parties’ applications who proposed to postpone the election date of 29 May.
The Labour Party, the African Congress for Transformation (ACT), and the Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats’ (AASD) approached the apex court in an attempt to get another chance at registering their party candidates. The parties asked for a postponement of the election date to enable them to submit their candidate lists, according to The Citizen.
The parties claimed the IEC’s online portal for submission of political parties’ candidate lists malfunctioned and prohibited compliance with section 27 of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998.
The Constitutional Court released a statement issued orders in respect of the three urgent applications submitted by the three parties, and said the three main respondent is the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
The Court dismissed the ACT’s and AASD’s respective applications to leave for appeal and also dismissed the IEC’s application to lead new evidence, while it dismissed the application and disregarded the affidavits “as if never written”.
(1/3) Order issued on 10 May 2024 at 09h30: The application for direct access is dismissed (CCT 113/24 Labour Party of South Africa v Electoral Commission of South Africa and Others)
— Constitutional Court (@ConCourtSA) May 10, 2024
(2/3) The application for leave to appeal is dismissed (CCT106/24 African Congress for Transformation v Electoral Commission of South Africa)
— Constitutional Court (@ConCourtSA) May 10, 2024
(3/3) The application for leave to appeal is dismissed (CCT114/24 Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats v Electoral Commission of South Africa) pic.twitter.com/8WKXSaMNmr
— Constitutional Court (@ConCourtSA) May 10, 2024
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
