EFF makes no secret of its objection to council ballot system

23 August 2016 - 14:37 By Nomahlubi Jordaan‚ Penwell Dlamini And Anoxolo Mdingi

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members were at it again on Tuesday‚ demanding that the secret ballot system be suspended for the election of the speaker of council.“Why can’t we allow people who do not want their votes secret to be allowed to do so?” an EFF councillor asked of council secretary Nana Moloi.Moloi rejected the proposal‚ arguing that she would be contravening the act governing the election of officials in council.“I can't contravene the act‚” she said.On Monday‚ the EFF caused havoc in the City of Johannesburg when it disrupted proceedings‚ demanding that its members be allowed to show their ballots as a confirmation that they voted for a particular nominee.This stance by the EFF has been seen as an indicator that there are doubts that all the members of the party in council would support the directive to vote for the Democratic Alliance.Moloi ruled that a 20-minute comfort break be taken to allow the Electoral Commission to set up ballots and that voting is conducted in the stipulated secret ballot system...

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