GEORGE NUUS - Die Konstitusionele hof het vanmiddag beslis dat die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing tussen 27 Oktober en 1 November gehou moet word.
Die DA se oosstreek het dit kort gelede verwelkom. Die party was voor tot die hof gewend is, reeds ten gunste dat dit moet plaasvind.
Tertuis Simmers, voorsitter van die DA se oosstreek, het gesê dit bewys dat die Konstitusionele hof tree op in belang van die land se grondwet en die behoud daarvan wat dit duidelik stel daar is 'n termyn en raamwerk waarbinne dit moet plaasvind.
Die uitspraak gee duidelikheid vir die kiesers dat die verkiesing vanjaar sal plaasvind.
Die DA is slaggereed en sal binnekort die name van sy kanidate vir wyke en die proporsionele posisies bekend maak.
Op die vraag oor wanneer die naam van die DA-kandidaat vir George burgemeester bekend gemaak gaan word het Simmers gesê dit is in die hande van die DA se federale uitvoerende komitee (FedEx).
Read a statement below by Minister Anton Bredell
The Minister for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape has welcomed the decision by the Constitutional Court this afternoon pertaining to this year’s local government election.
The Electoral Commission (EC) applied to the Consitutional Court earlier this year, requesting that the elections be postponed to next year. The Western Cape government opposed the application.
The Court’s decision delivered this afternoon, ordered that the local government elections have to take place this year between 27 October and 1 November.
Anton Bredell, the Minister for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape said: "The department of Local Government in the Western Cape is prepared for the coming elections and will be able to ensure a smooth transition following the elections."
The Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde, said: "We have had five years to prepare for elections and where aware of COVD-19. We will be ready in the Western Cape. Democratic processes like regular elections are the cornerstones of any democracy and we welcome the Constitutional Court’s decision.”
George Herald is awaiting comment from all the other parties on the court's decision and will add their comment as soon as it is received.
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