PARLIAMENT has lodged an urgent application to the Constitutional Court requesting that it be granted a further extension of the deadline for the finalisation of the Electoral Amendment Bill.
In an urgent application to the court, Parliament said it can only be ready in February 2023.
In June 2020, the Constitutional Court declared that the Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998), insofar as it makes it impossible for candidates to stand for political office without being members of political parties, was constitutionally invalid.
However, the court suspended its ruling for 24 months and gave Parliament until 10 June 2022 to rectify the constitutional defects in the Act and to make provision for independent candidates to contest elections to the National Assembly (NA) and the provincial legislatures.
The Electoral Amendment Bill was introduced to Parliament by the Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi, on 10 January 2022.
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