49 Electoral reform Issue 80 - New Agenda Private Member’s Bill to introduce multi-party constituencies

Abstract

Member of Parliament and leader of the Congress of the People (COPE) Mosiuoa Lekota submitted a Private Member’s Bill, the Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill (B34-2020), to the National Assembly (NA) in December 2020 in response to a ConCourt ruling in favour of amending the Electoral Act 73 of 1998. This served as a trigger to get electoral reform under way. His advisor, party member FAROUK CASSIM, outlines the changes proposed in this Bill.