ANC may not have mayoral candidates for Mangaung: Analyst
The ANC has taken the matter of the 181 candidates to the Constitutional Court.
A political analyst warns that the ANC may not field mayoral candidates in Mangaung, the Free State's metro municipality, due to the party allegedly not submitting the names of councillor candidates in certain areas for the upcoming local government elections. The ANC has now taken this matter to the Constitutional Court. Mangaung is one of six municipalities impacted by this issue.
Dr. Lily Phokontsi, a political analyst, explains that the absence of proportional representation could have serious consequences. "The PR list is the representation of the political party itself. Unlike the word 'councillor,' the PR councillor represents the mandate of a political party that they represent. So, if they are not on the list or not submitted, it means that we cannot find them on our ballot papers for PR councillors," Phokontsi states.
"And that would be a loss for a party on its own. Because the political decisions that will be made, they will be compromised."
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