The Electoral Court has issued out directives in the newly-formed uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) political party’s bid to invalidate the 2024 National and Provincial Elections. The specialist court has given respondents until Tuesday to file responding affidavits.
In addition, the applicant, the MK Party, will have until Thursday to file a replying affidavit. The Court further noted that it has the right to dispose of this matter on the papers without referral to oral hearing.
These directives come after the MK Party filed papers seeking an order from the specialist court which would invalidate the May polls and direct the President to call for a new national election to be held.
An affidavit by the MK Party National Organiser, Nathi Nhleko says prior to the declaration of the 2024 elections results, the party had already registered grave objections to the lawfulness of the May polls based on what the party terms as “serious voting irregularities”.
To support its claim, the party attached an analysis alleging voter discrepancy of just over nine million votes that it says cannot be accounted for.
The party has been calling for new elections: