that have been submitted to the Electoral Commission for the forthcoming national and provincial elections.
While the Constitution only specifically excludes certain categories of persons from being eligible for membership of Parliament, it is regrettable that parties have opted to include candidates whose profile will contribute towards undermining the respect and legitimacy of this key institution in our democracy.
At its Nasrec conference in 2017 the ANC resolved to"publicly disassociate ourselves from anyone, whether business donor, supporter or member, accused of corruption or reported to be involved in corruption". Extensive evidence has been led at the state capture commission of inquiry placing several members of the ANC at the epicentre of this looting of public resources but this has been ignored in the compilation of lists.
What kind of role-models do these dubious candidates exemplify to the youth? Their behaviour runs counter to the values and principles espoused in our Constitution, and yet, if elected, they will swear allegiance to that founding document of our democracy. These levels of apathy among young people do not augur well for our democratic future, and political parties are doing little to alter this trend.
Respect for Parliament is heavily dependent on the integrity and standing of its membership to execute its constitutional mandate to"represent the people and to ensure government by the people". This can only be done by MPs who are fully committed to uphold the law and the Constitution.
LawsonNaidoo It is crystal clear that the Constitution & SA's electoral laws need to be changed in order to ensure that corrupt & unethical candidates do NOT appear on party lists just because they haven't been convicted, as political parties (esp the ANC), cannot be trusted to do so!
LawsonNaidoo According to the ANC list , NO
LawsonNaidoo Heeeeeelllllll no.
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