Members of the MK Party were sworn in as Members of Parliament in Cape Town on 25 June, over a week after Parliament's first sitting after the elections.
The Party initially resisted sitting in Parliament, but President Jacob Zuma announced the Party go to Parliament
BLF leader Andile Mngxitama, former Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and Duduzile Zuma were among the MPs to be sworn inCourt orders IEC to respond to MK Party's case by Tuesday The MK Party's MPs were sworn in a few days after other political parties' representatives took their oaths duringtheir MPs to be sworn in
. The Western Cape's former Judge, President John Hlophe, was appointed the party's Parliamentary leader. Other prominent figures to be sworn in include Jacob Zuma's daughter,"Since his main funders, the corrupt Guptas, fled the country, Mngxitama has not been the same." The MK Party declared the election results unlawful and pushed for the first Parliament's sitting to be declared unlawful.Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art.
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