Johnathan Paoli
THE DA returned to the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday to resume a case it opened in May against President Cyril Ramaphosa for allegedly violating the Electoral Code of Conduct when he did a television broadcast that the party claimed was a political advertisement.
DA spokesperson Willie Aucamp said despite being a member of the government of national unity, his party would not drop the case.
“Being in a GNU with the ANC does not mean we all of sudden stop defending the Constitution. It means we even have a greater duty to do so,” Aucamp said.
The matter is currently underway at the Johannesburg High Court.
In its founding affidavit, the party said Ramaphosa’s speech violated two sections of the Electoral Act, which deal with members using positions of power to unduly influence elections and abusing state resources for the purposes of a political
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