Inspection of vote material an attack on us- IEC

IEC Lawyers PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
IEC Lawyers PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) petitioners were given a lifeline to inspect election materials ahead of their petition trial but for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) it is an attack on its integrity.

The IEC, which tried to block the inspection, were objecting a request by the petitioners to be allowed to inspect election materials saying the materials were personal and should not be made public. This was in relation to Noah Salakae and five others who had applied to the Court to inspect the election materials.

IEC advocate, Andrew Redding SC during arguments on Wednesday said making the election material public could compromise individual security as they could reveal who voted for what.

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