IEC violated the law by registering BLF as a political party: FF Plus asks Electoral Court to intervene
23 April 2019
The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is not willing to admit that it made a mistake by allowing the BLF to register as a political party and, thus, the FF Plus will ask the Electoral Court to instruct the IEC to correct this mistake.
The Commission rejected the FF Plus's appeal against the chief electoral officer's decision to register the BLF.
The FF Plus believes that the majority of South Africa's problems are caused by the sheer disregard for legislation. It is, therefore, important for the party to proceed with the matter seeing as the IEC cannot be allowed to violate legislation. It threatens South Africa's democracy and the upholding of law and order.
According to the FF Plus, the merit of the case is strong seeing as the Electoral Commission Act prohibits the chief electoral officer to register a party that excludes people from joining the party based on race, ethnicity and skin colour.