IEC begins public hearings on controversial political party funding | IOL News

Johannesburg - The Independent Electoral Commission will kick off its public hearings on draft regulations for the Political Party Funding Act which seeks to govern how political parties are funded.

The need for the Act comes after My Vote Counts won a Constitutional Court application in June last year to force political parties to disclose their funders to the public. The IEC has now started its own process after it postponed the implementation of the first phase in April. The postponement was to allow time to process the large number of written submissions and to also allow further opportunity for engagement through public hearings.

“Following the success conclusion of the elections and a high-level analysis of the thousands of written submissions received, the Electoral Commission is now in a position to proceed with the finalisation of the regulations and the implementation of the act in a phased approach,” said Mamabolo.

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