Charles Molele
The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) has called on the Independent Electoral Commission to declare the Black First Land First (BLF) party’s registration as invalid because it was in breach of the country’s Constitution and of the Electoral Commission Act.
Addressing the media on Monday, FF Plus leader Pieter Groenewald said the party approached the Electoral Court in Bloemfontein, Free State on the grounds that the IEC’s approval of the BLF as a registered party was irregular, illegal and invalid.
“South Africa’s Constitution states in Section 1 that the South African state is based on four core values, of which non-racialism is one of them. This makes it clear that the IEC has made a big mistake. The FF Plus asks the court to rectify this error,” Groenewald told the media briefing.
Groenewald said BLF’s constitution states that the membership of the party was open only to black
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