Johannesburg - The urgent court bid to force postponement of the upcoming elections until independent candidates are allowed to run for office has failed at the Constitutional Court.
Reading the order, Justice Edwin Cameron said: “The applicants have not succeeded in making out a case for an urgent hearing today.” Nelson said the primary relief they sought was that the Independent Electoral Commission should include independent candidates in the ballot.“I’d suggest that you do have the power to postpone elections.”
Asked if the applicants held the view that past elections were not free and fair, Nelson retorted: “Absolutely. But we have to worry about the past elections. We’ve seen what they have done.”
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