ELECTORAL ACT

THE Constitutional Court has directed parties involved in the amendments to the Electoral Act seeking to allow independent candidates to contest for seats in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures.

The lawmakers have until June 10 to conclude the process to amend the law.

This followed a court decision in 2020 that Parliament had two years to correct the defects in the law after it ruled in favour of the New Nation Movement to allow independent candidates to contest national and provincial elections.