Electoral Court dismisses ANC case against Zuma’s MK Party

Johnathan Paoli

The Electoral court has officially given the MK party the go-ahead to contest the 2024 National General Elections, by rejecting the ANC’s application to have the new party deregistered over what it contended were procedural irregularities.

Judge Lebogang Modiba said the ruling party had no basis for its accusations and the application was dismissed.

“We find there is nothing unlawful about the registration of the MK party by the deputy chief electoral officer,” said the court, adding that the ANC had failed on two occasions to challenge the registration of MK last year,” Modiba said.

Modiba said that even in a scenario of the ANC winning, it would result in MK being too late to deregister considering all the preparation that has been done, and the failure of the ruling party to oppose the registration when they had the opportunity to do so.

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