The Mkhonto weSizwe (MK) party says the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Constitutional Court have ignored evidence provided to support the party’s claims of last month’s elections being rigged.
Addressing the media in Sandton, Johannesburg, former President Jacob Zuma says, through a statement read by the party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela, that they will be going back to the Electoral Court to challenge the validity of the election results.
The MK party accuses the ConCourt of relying on technicalities.
“We presented concrete evidence to the IEC, showing widespread irregularities in the voting process and the voting system, it has all fallen on deaf ears. We’ve also tried all peaceful means to address our grievances, but all in vain. We’ve even approached the highest court in the land, but it rejected our pleas without even giving us a hearing, and they’re relying on technicalities while the democracy itself is being destroyed.”
#MK Zuma: For the record, Umkhonto Wesizwe is off strong view that the 2024 elections were rigged and that the results announced by the IEC are not a true reflection of the will of the people. #sabcnews
— #LordOfTheMedia (@samkelemaseko) June 16, 2024
‘Enemy of progress’
The MP party has also accused the governing African National Congress (ANC) of being the enemy of progress and has restated its claim that last month’s elections, which produced no outright majority, were rigged.
The ANC is in the process of forming a government of national unity with the Democratic Alliance, the Inkatha Freedom Party and others.
The party also used the briefing to denounce what it calls the “ANC of Ramaphosa”.
#MK Zuma: The sellout ANC of Ramaphosa has taken us back to 1948, millions and millions of our people have realized that the freedom starts with the removal of the ANC of Ramaphosa. #sabcnews
— #LordOfTheMedia (@samkelemaseko) June 16, 2024
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