Constitutional Court asks for written submissions on the Electoral Commissioner Janet Love's biases

JOHANNESBURG - The Constitutional Court has asked for written submissions from the Electoral Commission of South Africa , the MK Party and former president Jacob Zuma on allegedly biased comments made by Electoral Commissioner Janet Love.

During a press conference in January Love pronounced that Zuma would not be eligible to be a candidate on the MK Party’s parliamentary list because he had been sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt in 2021. READ: Electoral Court says it found no truth to claims that IEC’s Janet Love showed bias against ZumaThe Electoral Court ultimately found that Zuma was eligible however, it rejected arguments put up by him and MK to the effect that Love’s comments, in which she indicated Zuma would not be eligible under the constitution suggested bias on her part.On Monday, the Constitutional Court issued directions asking the parties involved for submissions on the comments.

The bench wants to know among other things if Love ought not to have recused herself when it came time for the IEC to make a call on the matter.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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