ConCourt to hear IEC vs Electoral Court over Zuma's validity to run for public office

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The commission is at the apex court to challenge the Electoral Court’s ruling overturning its decision to bar Zuma from running for Parliament due to his 15-month prison sentence in 2021.

JOHANNESBURG - The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa will be at the Constitutional Court on Friday, to try and keep former president Jacob Zuma from running for Parliament.

The Electoral Court overturned the IEC's decision, and the IEC has now approached the apex court with an urgent appeal bid. It also aims at the finding that because Zuma’s sentence was handed down by the apex court and wasn’t appealable, it wasn’t the kind contemplated in the Constitution - which says the disqualification only kicks in after all appeals have been exhausted.

 

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