Electoral Amendment Bill still fails to garner civil society support
Parliament’s home affairs committee has finalised its deliberations on key aspects of the bill
04 October 2022 - 17:17
Parliament’s home affairs committee has finalised its decision-making on all key issues in the Electoral Amendment Bill that civil society groups still assert is unconstitutional.
A total of 56 civil society organisations — which support a constituency-based election system which is not provided for in the bill — will take their opposition to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) once the bill is referred there and it holds its own public hearings...
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