Johnathan Paoli
The ANC, electoral experts and former members of the IEC have called on the commission to take firm action against the DA for requesting the involvement of western governments in the country’s general elections.
Over the weekend the DA shocked many South Africans by penning a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking for independent domestic observers, including capacitating civil organisations.
The DA’s unusual request seems to be insinuating that the coming 2024 National Government Elections would not be fair unless monitored by the USA. Whereas the IEC has a good track record of ensuring that elections are free and fair in South Africa.
Former IEC commissioner Terry Tselane has called on the commission to take firm action against the DA and said the party was not only undermining the country’s sovereignty but weighing up its long track record of free and fair elections against the
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