Lodging of objections over election candidates open until April 2

The Electoral Commission of South Africa said on Thursday that citizens wanting to object to candidates nominated for the May 8 general elections had until April 2 to do so.

“This is significantly more than the 2 089 candidates nominated for the national ballot and 6 562 candidates nominated for the provincial elections in 2014,” said the statement.– They are not qualified to stand for elections– There is no prescribed undertaking signed by the candidate, that the candidate is bound by the IEC code of conduct.

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