MBABANE: The Constitutional Court has asked the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party to file submissions on the importance of a remark by Commissioner Janet Love on former President Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to for elections, the Mail&Guardian reported on Tuesday afternoon.
It has been reported that, in a directive issued on Monday, the court has given both parties until 5pm on Tuesday to file papers in this regard.
“In essence, it is asking the litigants if a statement by Love in January that Zuma’s criminal record “may impede his candidacy” for parliament in the May elections marred a subsequent decision by the commission that he was ineligible”, the Mail& Guardian reported.
Jacob Zuma addresses members of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party outside the high court in Johannesburg on April 11, 2024. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP