Cape Town – The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has opposed the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party’s application to overturn the 2024 general election results, labeling it an abuse of court processes.
The IEC’s affidavit states that the MK Party’s claims lack evidence, misrepresent data, and ignore proper procedures, EWN reported.
The IEC chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo, criticised the MK Party’s unauthored cyber expert report and accused the party of attempting to provoke public unrest, the report said.
The MK Party, dissatisfied with the election results, had challenged them, filing an urgent application with the Electoral Court to invalidate the outcomes due to alleged serious irregularities.
The party claimed its cyber experts found that 9.3 million votes were taken away from them.
However, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) opposed the application, stating it lacked sufficient evidence of material irregularities, SABC News reported.
The Commission filed its answering affidavit in the Electoral Court to oppose the application which the IEC contends is founded on what it terms as a “litany of wholly unsupported assertions”.
The IEC noted its concern around what was considered serious and prejudicial allegations made by the MK Party.
”The Commission further submits that the MK Party has not produced any credible and admissible evidence to support these allegations adding that the only inference which can be drawn from this approach is that the allegations were made with the aim of “inflaming the passions of the public,” the report quoted the IEC as saying.
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