Electoral Amendment Bill | Parliament granted another extension

JOHANNESBURG - The Constitutional Court has granted Parliament’s request to extend the deadline to finalise the Electoral Amendment Bill.

The National Assembly now has until the end of February to enact the Bill.

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In December, Parliament approached the apex court on an urgent basis to ask for another extension.

In 2020, the court declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional because it excluded candidates from standing for political office without being members of political parties.