South Africa needs an electoral system that is fit for purpose, says Lawson Naidoo who was part of a panel discussion about governance and the electoral system. | J_chabalala
Naidoo, the executive director of the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution , spoke on the third day of the national conference on the Constitution in Midrand, Gauteng, on Friday.
Naidoo said the Zondo Commission, which Chief Justice Raymond Zondo chaired, had highlighted a"huge problem" in South Africa. The Constitutional Court suspended the declaration of unconstitutionality for"24 months to afford Parliament an opportunity to remedy the defect giving rise to the unconstitutionality".News24 reported Parliament initially deferred working on the amendment to the Department of Home Affairs, and the bill was only introduced to Parliament in January 2022.
Naidoo said the choice of an electoral system was ultimately a political decision, not a judicial one, and the courts could not and should not determine or dictate the kind of electoral system the country should have. "The system that we have, which has been declared unconstitutional, exists in third world countries, which means there is a very big relationship between corruption, financial maladministration, lack of financial governance, lack of accountability, and lack of accountability to taxpayers," she added.
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