Earlier on Thursday, 15 small parties had held what seemed to be an impromptu press conference on the floor of the ROC bemoaning these elections as not “free and fair” .
When IEC Commissioner Janet Love spoke to the public broadcaster as early claims of multiple voting arose, she was firm and fair as was IEC Western Cape head of the Elections, Courtney Sampson. Their line was simple- if you have specific evidence, bring it. The IEC cannot investigate social media speculation.
Mantashe went on to say that he had no “reason to question the professionalism of the IEC”. But probably the most important point he made was when he emphatically said of the arrests: “We don’t need to make it our issue here. Let’s watch the results coming in, deal with them and …. sit here and continue working.” And then expressed his concern about “reckless handling of elections leading to wars.If we want to go that route, it is a choice we are making.
‘material’ because that would literally mean an orchestrated attempt by tens of thousands to vote many times. And therein lies the rub- what was theimpact on the actual result? No election in the world is perfect whether paper-based or electronic. One need only look at the 2016 US election to see that this is the case- from long queues to equipment failure- it was all there. In addition, the 2000 Florida recount famously gave us a whole new lexicon on “hanging chads”.
Post-election there will be plenty of time for reflection and action. We will need to introspect on the role of the IEC and its constraints. It is clear that the IEC faces challenges given the loss of institutional memory in recent years and a smaller budget given the constraints facing the fiscus. And so we see yet again that State Capture has a price in so many ways.
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