Umkhankaso wokubamba iqhaza komphakathi we-DearSA mayelana nokuhlehlisa ukhetho uthole izimpendulo ezingu-8,000, u-63.3% wazo ngokumelene nanoma yikuphi ukubambezeleka.

Inhlangano ebambe iqhaza komphakathi i-DearSA ifake isicelo sokungena ecaleni elifakwe yiKhomishana yoKhetho yaseNingizimu Afrika yokuhlehlisa ukhetho lohulumeni basekhaya ngale kosuku olubekwe ngokoMthethosisekelo ngo-Okthoba 2021.
IKhomishana icele i-Concourt ukuthi ibambezele ukhetho lohulumeni basekhaya lingakapheli umhla zingama-28 kuNhlolanja wezi-2022 ngenxa yobunzima obulethwe ubhubhane lwe-Covid, okwenza kube mancane amathuba okuthi ukhetho lube ngokukhululeka nangobulungiswa.
USihlalo we-IEC uVuma Mashinini uthembele embikweni kaJaji Moseneke owaphakamisa ukuthi kuhlehliswe ukhetho. I-DearSA ithi i-IEC ingakwazi ukusebenzisa izinyathelo zokuphepha ezithathwe kudatha nolwazi lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuze yenze ukuvota nokulungiselela ukhetho kuphephe, ngaphandle kokulibala. Ingxabano isekelwe ebunzimeni bokuqhuba ukhetho olukhululekile nolunobulungiswa ngesikhathi sobhubhane.
I-DearSA igqugquzele a umkhankaso wokubamba iqhaza iphendula ikhwelo le-IEC lokuphawula ngoMbiko kaMoseneke futhi yathola izimpendulo ezicela ku-8,000 zomphakathi, u-63.3% wazo ngokumelene nanoma yikuphi ukubambezeleka.
U-Danie Eloff we-Hurter Spies Attorneys uthi i-DearSA izokwenza izethulo ezilandelayo ecaleni laseNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo mayelana nokuhlehliswa kokhetho lohulumeni basekhaya.
Okokuqala, ukuthi i-DearSA igqugquzele uhlelo lokubamba iqhaza komphakathi lapho abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abacishe babe yizi-8,000 bezwakale mayelana nokuhlehliswa kokhetho okuhlongozwayo. Abanye abangu-63.3% abaphendulile bathi abakholwa ukuthi ukhetho kufanele luhlehliswe, kanti u-27.8% usekele ukuhlehliswa, kanti u-8.9% ubungenasiqiniseko. Izibalo zomkhankaso we-DearSA zibalulwe embikweni weKhomishana yoKhetho eyaphakamisa indlela esebenza ngayo njengamanje kwiKhomishini.
“I-DearSA izophinde ithi uma iNkantolo ithola ukuthi ukhetho kufanele luhlehliswe futhi iPhalamende liyalelwe ukuthi lisebenzise lokhu kuhlehliswa ngomthetho omusha noma ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo, ukuthi inqubo yomthetho idinga inqubo entsha ehlelekile yokubamba iqhaza komphakathi,” kusho u-Eloff.
Okwesibili, i-DearSA izokwenza izethulo futhi inikeze ukuhlaziya okuqhathanisayo kokuthi amanye amazwe alubheka kanjani ukhetho ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-Covid-19. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi i-United States ingelinye lamazwe amaningana azobamba ukhetho ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-Covid.
Okwesithathu, i-DearSA izoletha ukuthi asikho isiqiniseko sokuthi i-Covid-19 ngeke ibe yinkinga ngosuku oluhlongozwayo lokhetho ngoFebhuwari 2022, uma kubhekwa izinga lethu lokugoma elihamba kancane noma ukuvela komunye umehluko we-Covid.
“I-Concourt kumele ihlinzeke ngezivikelo zesikhathi eside mayelana nokuhlehliswa kokhetho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo oluningi lubikezela ukuthi umhlaba uzobhekana nalezi zifo eziwumshayabhuqe kaningi futhi isiqondiso seNkantolo sesikhathi eside siyadingeka,” kusho u-Eloff.
Umqondisi womkhankaso weDearSA, uRob Hutchinson, uthi ngokucela ukuthi luhlehliswe ukhetho lohulumeni basekhaya, i-IEC empeleni icela iNkantolo ukuthi imise intando yeningi.
“INkantolo icelwa ukuthi ilawule into engaphezu kwamandla ayo. Ngeke imise intando yeningi ngokuhoxisa uMthethosisekelo ngenxa yobhadane lwanoma yisiphi isikhathi. Ubani ongasho ukuthi asinakho okunye okuhlukile kwe-Covid ngoFebhuwari wonyaka ozayo futhi siphoqeleka ukuthi sibambezele ukhetho futhi. Sinesibopho sokujoyina ukuqulwa kwecala laseNkantolo njenge-amicus (umngane) ngenxa yeningi labahlanganyeli be-DearSA bephikisana ngokuthi ngeke sikwazi ukulubambezela ukhetho. Kumele sixazulule lezi zinkinga manje.”
Kuyaphawuleka futhi ukuthi ezinye izinhlangano eziningi ngokufanayo ziye zafaka isicelo sokujoyina ukuqhubeka kwenkantolo njengamaqembu angenelelayo noma ama-amicus. Wonke amaqembu ayasiphikisa isicelo se-IEC sokuhlehlisa ukhetho.
Ngaphandle kwe-DearSA, lezi zinhlangano ezilandelayo zisayinile inhloso yazo yokujoyina lolu hlelo:
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- I-IFP njengeqembu elingenelelayo.
- I-F4SD njengeqembu elingenelelayo.
- MIND njengeqembu elingenelelayo.
- I-DA njengeqembu elingenelelayo.
- I-ANC njengeqembu elingenelelayo.
- I-ATM njengeqembu elingenelelayo.
- I-CASAC njenge-amicus.
- I-IRR njenge-amicus.
- AfriForum as amicus.
