Johnathan Paoli
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has joined the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in refuting claims made by the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party of vote rigging, and said there was no evidence backing up the allegations.
Both the IEC and DA filed their answering affidavits in the Electoral Court on Wednesday, responding to an application made by the MK party earlier this month, which sought an order declaring the national and provincial election not free and fair, and subsequently invalid.
The DA, IEC, President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Speaker of the National Assembly, and other political parties are some of the respondents named in the application by the MK party.
In its answering affidavit, the commission said it was concerned over the serious and prejudicial allegations made by the MK party which brought its integrity into disrepute.
Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said MK’s application was incompetent and called on the
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