Ramaphosa celebrates election results, ‘the vibrancy of our democracy’ SAElectionResults2019
He praised the people who went to make their marks on Wednesday.
The ruling party retained the majority with 230 seats in the National Assembly for the 26th year in a row and garnered the majority in eight of the nine provinces.His call came after Electoral Commission of South Africa Chairperson Glen Mashinini official announced the 2019 elections. “Many of our people braved the rain and the cold to cast their vote and in doing so they reaffirmed the vibrancy of our democracy among diverse opinions from various parties,” said Ramaphosa.
“We have come through these elections as a commission and as a country” said Mamabolo whose organisation faced challenges never experienced by the commission in their five prior elections – from Mashinini being accused of “demonstrating bias” by accompanying Ramaphosa to Hitekani Primary School in Soweto to being accused of failing to assertively address the allegations of voters attempting to vote more than once.
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