The Electoral Commission of SA says amending the constitution is an impractical solution to postpone elections.
“We are going to need 75% approval in the National Assembly, publish for public comment, then it has to go to the National Council of Provinces and in this case, you are going to need the support of six provinces. In the time available, it appears to the commission that it is an impractical option at this stage.”Members raised a variety of concerns after the commission's decision to adopt Moseneke's report.
“The difference between those countries and our country is simply boiling down to the constitutional architecture of our constitutional framework. In SA, elections must be both regular and free and fair. That is the challenge we face and that is why it is important for us to deal with these elections very carefully,” he said.
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