{"id":14986,"date":"2022-05-25T08:25:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/dc-mochoboroane-institute-legal-challenge-against-constituency-delimitation"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:59:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:59:26","slug":"dc-mochoboroane-institute-legal-challenge-against-constituency-delimitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/dc-mochoboroane-institute-legal-challenge-against-constituency-delimitation","title":{"rendered":"DC, Mochoboroane institute legal challenge against constituency delimitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Democratic Congress (DC) and the leader of the Movement for Economic Change (MEC) have petitioned the Constitutional Court praying that it reverses the<\/p>\n

delimitation of the constituency exercise that has been undertaken by the Independence Electoral Commission (IEC). DC and Mochoboroane are first and second applicants respectively while the respondents<\/p>\n

are: IEC, the Minister of Law and Justice and the Attorney General being first to third respondents respectively, and 50 other political parties. Section 66 A of the<\/p>\n

Constitution charges IEC with the responsibility: \u201cto ensure that elections to the National Assembly and local authorities are held regularly and that every<\/p>\n

election or referendum held is free and fair. \u201cTo organize, conduct and supervise, in an impartial and independent manner, elections to the National Assembly and referenda under the provisions of this Constitution and any other<\/p>\n

law; to delimit the boundaries of constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and any other law; to supervise and control the<\/p>\n

registration of electors; to compile a general register of electors and constituency registers of electors for the several constituencies and to maintain such<\/p>\n

register or registers up to date. They want the court to nullify the recently published gazette of the Constituency Delimitation. \u201cThe decision that the first respondent, in terms of which it commissioned a review of<\/p>\n

constituencies purporting to act in terms of the provisions of section 67 of the Constitution as contained in legal notice number 109 (National Assembly<\/p>\n

Electoral Constituency Delimitation notice) dated 24 September 2021, is reviewed and set aside as invalid, irrational and unreasonable to the extent that it violates the provisions of section 67(3) of the Constitution,\u201d reads<\/p>\n

their court application. The petitioners also want the court to order IEC to hold elections using the old constituency boundaries list. Demarcation of the constituencies is a decennial<\/p>\n

undertaking that happens following the census and it did not happen then as there were challenges with the then IEC Commissioners former Chief Justice Mahapela<\/p>\n

Lehohla (then Chairperson), Advocate Mamosebi Pholo, and Dr Makase Nyapisi, who began this exercise in 2018 but did not finish as their contracts had expired<\/p>\n

and then they instituted a protracted legal battle to secure the extension of their contracts. The current Commissioners, Mphasa Mokhochane (Chairperson), Dr Karabo Mokobocho-Mohlakoana, and T\u0161oeu<\/p>\n

Petlane entered the office in December 2020 finding delimitation of constituencies as one of the outstanding tasks that they needed to undertake. They took the helm of the<\/p>\n

arguably \u201ctroubled\u201d institution following the expiration of the former Commissioners\u2019 contracts in January 2019, who had then approached the courts seeking relief to have their contracts renewed.<\/p>\n

During the legal battle which they lost following the ruling by the Court of Appeal, the Commission was without the stewardship, the move which halted some projects within the<\/p>\n

commission to kick-off as they require the green light from the Commissioners. Earlier this year, DC Secretary-General T\u0161itso Cheba and MP for Qaqatu No. 60 now Phamong No. 63<\/p>\n

petitioned the court to challenge the delimitation constituencies. Meanwhile, there has been a mixed bag reaction to the issue of the constituency delimitation, while<\/p>\n

some hold the view that it is to the advantage of the parties whose urban constituencies are their stronghold, especially in Maseru, whereas some fare<\/p>\n

exceptionally in the highlands based constituencies. These dynamics are likely to change given the prevailing political climate with now about 57 parties, the<\/p>\n

number which is set to increase for the upcoming elections. This case could offset the date of elections slated for October this year if it is not heard on an urgent basis as per the petitioners\u2019 prayer.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Democratic Congress (DC) and the leader of the Movement for Economic Change (MEC) have petitioned the Constitutional Court praying that it reverses the delimitation of the constituency exercise that has been undertaken by the Independence Electoral Commission (IEC). 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