WATCH | The DA warns the Constitutional Court not to change the Constitution
Zille was speaking at a virtual briefing which set out the party’s arguments in its application to oppose the court bid submitted by the Electoral Commission of SA to defer elections.
There is only one way that the Constitution can be amended and that is through achieving the requisite majority in Parliament“There is only one way that the Constitution can be amended and that is through achieving the requisite majority in Parliament. This means that the method set down in the Constitution is the only method that can be used to do so.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma last week proclaimed that the election date would be October 27. “Even Prof Shabir Madhi, on whose testimony Judge Moseneke relied, has now stated that South Africa will not reach population immunity by early next year, and, because of the slow pace of vaccinations and the mutations in the virus, South Africans will have to learn to “live with this virus”. This must include holding elections,” according to Zille.
Last week, the IEC submitted an urgent application to the Constitutional Court to delay local government elections until February.
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