Only one objection against a Pan African Congress candidate was upheld by the IEC, while the rest of the objections did not meet the constitutional and statutory criteria.
IEC chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya said PAC candidate Seropane Alton Senyane Mphethi was sentenced on 7 June 2016 to 18 months in jail without the option of a fine. The case was in relation to a 2008 murder case in which a man was beaten to death at Mpheti's home.
This disqualifies him from holding elected office to the National Assembly or a provincial legislature. The commission dismissed all other objections for failing to meet the constitutional and statutory criteria. The majority of these objections related to unproven allegations.
The IEC received at least 52 written objections.
ANC: 29
BLF: 19
EFF: 13
DA: 4
Land Party: 4
ACDP: 1
AIC:1
ACM:1
ATA: 1
Moepya would not divulge what kind of allegations were lodged against party candidates, saying the commission could only act within the prescripts of the law and the constitution.
- African News Agency (ANA)
