On the day the country’s executive and judiciary were to meet to iron out differences‚ the University of Cape Town is set to open a conference under the banner “Political parties in South Africa - the interface between law and politics”. Former Constitutional Court judge Kate O'Regan will start off the conference‚ which is co-hosted by My Vote Counts (MVC)‚ with a public lecture on Thursday night.Friday’s agenda includes sessions dealing with these themes:- International perspectives on the public vs. private character of political parties (the nature of political parties under the Constitution);- The legal regulation of parties‚ elections‚ and campaigns;- Transparency‚ accountability & the fight against corruption; and- Where to from here?MVC is an organisation that campaigns “to improve the accountability‚ transparency and inclusiveness of elections and politics”.It also believes current proportional representation electoral system should be changed because as “voters elect parties rather than individuals‚ it limits accountability because we voters cannot choose our representatives”. O'Regan’s speech will come hours after President Jacob Zuma was to host a meeting of "the executive and the judiciary to discuss working relations between the two arms of the state" at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.The meeting was at the request of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng following numerous attacks on the judiciary by leading members of the ruling party after government lost a number of high-profile court cases brought against it."The meeting is expected to enhance co-operation between the two arms of the state‚ deepen democracy and underscore the rule of law as a fundamental tenet of the country's constitutional order‚" the Presidency said in a statement...