Political parties to seek removal of IEC chairperson, Pansy Tlakula

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

The Electoral Court will hear an application on Tuesday by opposition parties who want to force IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula to resign.

The UDM, ACDP, Cope and EFF are calling for her to resign in the wake of a forensic investigation by the National Treasury on the procurement of the IEC's offices in Pretoria.

The probe found the process was neither fair, transparent, nor cost-effective.

It also found Tlakula did not give guidance or formally inform various people what was expected of them in the process.

Tlakula has maintained that she was not accused of corruption in the report.

The Treasury's report followed a recommendation by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela in her own report into the matter which was released last August.

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa told Algoa FM News that they did not think it was right that an instititution be headed by a discredited individual.

"We don't think it's right for that institution to be headed at this crucial point in time by a discredited individual. Two powerful institutions in this country have fingered her to have done something wrong, she needs to be removed in that place pending whatever is pending." said Holomisa.