The ruling means the BLF will be allowed to contest the 8 May elections until the IEC reviews its decision to allow the FF Plus the opportunity to oppose the BLF’s registration.
JOHANNESBURG - The Electoral Court has ruled that the Electoral Commission of South Africa was wrong to deny the Freedom Front Plus an opportunity to challenge the Black First Land First's registration as a political party.
The Freedom Front Plus took the matter to the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg in a bid to have the BLF deregistered before elections.Judge Henry Mbha ruled that the IEC’s failure to gazette the BLF’s registration was wrong.The court also ruled that the IEC’s decision to deny the Freedom Front Plus permission to challenge the BLF’s registration on the basis that it was late falls away.
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