UDC displeased as CoA rules in favour of IEC :: Mmegi Online

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) will no longer observe and monitor the voter’s registration period, the Court of Appeal (CoA) has ordered.

The apex court ruled this morning in favour of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), meaning the UDC agents popularly known as Madibela Tlhopho will not be granted access to names and national identity card numbers of individuals registering to vote and record the serial numbers of the registration booklets for each and every registration day at the opening and closing thereof.

This follows a High Court order that ruled in favour of the UDC, where the IEC was interdicted and restrained from preventing the UDC from observing and monitoring the national elections registration process. The UDC had approached the court to seek permission to closely monitor and observe the voter registration exercise ahead of the 2024 General Election.

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