The IEC is seeking the Constitutional Court's guidance on electoral eligibility following the Electoral Court's ruling in favour of Jacob Zuma.
The IEC initially said that Zuma could not be a candidate because he had been sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court. On Tuesday, the court ruled in Zuma's favour, which meant he could contest for a seat in Parliament and on Wednesday, his name topped the MK Party parliamentary list."The commission believes there is substantial public interest in providing certainty on the proper interpretation of Section 47 and its interplay with the powers of the commission to adjudicate objections to candidates," it said in a statement on Friday.
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