IEC confirms 10 political parties received public objections to participate in May elections

Staff Reporter

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Tuesday confirmed it received a total of 53 written objections from the public against candidates for the 2019 elections.

All submissions, except for one, were made by the stipulated cut-off date for submissions of 2 April.

Objections were made against 10 political parties in total. Four parties received one objection each: the African Christian Democratic Party, the African Content Movement, the African Independent Congress and the Alliance for Transformation for all.

Other parties received more than one objection. The African National Congress (ANC) received the most objections at 29, following that is the Black First Land First Movement (BLF) with 19 objections, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) received 13 objections, the Democratic Alliance (DA) received four objections, with the Land Party also receiving four objections.

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