The Independent Electoral Commission has been asked to prevent the ANC from contesting the Tshwane metro.The Agenda to Citizenry Governors lodged the complaint on Friday, arguing that other parties were unable to campaign because of the violence sparked by the ruling party's announcement of Thoko Didiza as mayoral candidate for the metro.The DA's Shangy Mbekwa said the party had been unable to campaign in Mamelodi, Ga-Rankuwa, Atteridgeville, Hammanskraal and Mabopane because of the violence."The areas became no-go zones, which affected other parties' freedom of movement to campaign. This is in breach of the [electoral code of conduct] that no party shall be prevented from campaigning. This was party-ignited violence."Mbekwa said the violence, in which at least five people were killed, was election related and started by members of a political party."We base our case on Schedule 1 of the Municipal Electoral Act, which states that no party may act in a way that provokes violence during elections."This comes in the wake of an intelligence report presented to the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster of ministers by State Security Minister David Mahlobo which stated that violence and protests could de-legitimise elections.The SACP yesterday suspended five of its members for their alleged involvement in the violence.Commission spokesman Kate Bapela said the IEC still had to determine the merits of the complaint.She said if there had been a breach of the electoral code of conduct, "the competent authority for adjudication is the Electoral Court".ANC spokesman Teboho Joala said the party would comment only once it had received formal communication from the electoral commission.Bapela said the commission had received six complaints of breach of the electoral code of conduct since the declaration of the August 3 local government elections was made on May 23...