ActionSA defends one-name PR lists as DA challenges post-election candidate changes
ActionSA has hit back at the DA’s Electoral Court challenge, defending its approach to PR lists and arguing that the law allows parties to add candidates after the election.
ActionSA has defended its choice to provide a single candidate on proportional representation (PR) lists submitted to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). The statement was made by the party's national chairperson, Michael Beaumont, on Wednesday in response to the Democratic Alliance (DA) launching a legal dispute. Beaumont dismissed the DA's allegations as an attempt to disenfranchise voters they could not win.
He pointed out that the DA's legal challenge does not abide by the Municipal Electoral Act, which allows parties to legally supplement their PR lists without restrictions. ActionSA's selection process is transparent, with ward candidates filling the remaining seats in descending order of performance. Beaumont accused the DA of hypocrisy, noting that they have never attempted to amend the legislation despite being part of a governing majority that oversees electoral law.
The DA's legal case has been criticized, with Beaumont suggesting it is an attempt to undermine democracy by preventing ActionSA from supplementing its lists after elections or only allowing it after the first municipal council meeting.
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