The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said in court documents that there is no evidence of significant fraud in attempts by the newly formed Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party to annul the 2024 national and provincial elections.
The commission filed a response in the Electoral Tribunal, opposing the application which it claims is based on a “totally unsubstantiated list of allegations.”
This comes after the MK Party filed papers earlier this month seeking an order declaring the May 2024 elections invalid as they were not free and fair.
The party claimed there were discrepancies in the count of more than nine million votes, which it said could not be explained.
In its documents, the IEC expresses concerns about serious and biased allegations made by the MK Party which undermine the commission's integrity, the May 2024 elections and South Africa's constitutional democratic order.
The committee further argued that the MK Party had not presented any credible evidence to support these allegations, adding that the only inference that could be drawn from this approach was that the allegations were made with the aim of “inciting public sentiment”.
The IEC is asking the Specialised Tribunal to dismiss the application with an appropriate costs order.
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