Johnathan Paoli
THE Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) said that the processes used in parliament to pass the contentious Electoral Amendment Act are problematic.
The challenges to the act were heard at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, brought by the Independent Candidates Association and Build One SA Movement.
The case challenges the threshold set for independent candidates to enter the national election.
There’s also a challenge to the number of seats available to independent candidates in the National Assembly.
The court has also been asked to consider the way in which seats are calculated when an independent candidate vacates a seat.
Executive Secretary at Casac Lawson Naidoo said the process followed in parliament was highly problematic because it took 18 months from that judgement before the minister of Home Affairs tabled the amendment bill in Parliament – time that we believe was wasted.
“We would
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