Johannesburg – The Constitutional Court is expected to hand down judgment on whether the IEC can reopen candidates lists of the 1 November polls, on Monday.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) went to the apex court challenging the IEC’s decision to amend the elections timetable by giving parties another chance to submit names of councillor candidates to contest the local government elections.
The IEC has set a new deadline of Tuesday after the court ruled that elections could not be postponed to next year and instructed the commission to hold a voter registration drive – opening the voter’s roll.
The court has already said there would be no oral submissions.
The IEC had argued that the DA was second guessing it and implying that it had no ability to carry out its constitutional mandate to deliver these elections.
The ANC, which had missed the initial deadline, also wants the DA’s case dismissed.
Some expects believe Monday’s judgment could favour the ANC and the IEC, after the Constitutional Court finally released the judgement for 3 September order over the weekend.
In it, the ConCourt said its order did not instruct nor prohibit the IEC from amending other items on the timetable provided that elections can take place by 1 November.
Judgement is set for 1oam
