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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says ten former Members of Parliament (MPs) who\u2019ve approached the Western Cape High Court to get their jobs back defied the party by appearing in Parliament to be sworn in as its representatives.<\/p>\n

It told the court more than 90% of the 800 people who appeared on the party\u2019s list submitted to the Electoral Commission ahead of the May polls were not known to the party\u2019s president, Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n

The party said the urgent application should be dismissed because the complainants knew they had been expelled two months ago already.<\/p>\n

Simba Chitando, lawyer for the applicants said his clients stand to lose their rights and their benefits as Parliamentarians if the court does not stop the National Assembly speaker from swearing in any more replacements for the MK Party.<\/p>\n

Being booted out of the Parliamentary Village would also render them and their dependents homeless.<\/p>\n

But in response, MK Party lawyer Nikiwe Nyathi said the applicants had created urgency in this matter, and the rights they claim they have don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

Last week, eight of the party\u2019s vacant seats were filled, with two of the larger group of 18 expelled members making a return.<\/p>\n

After initially boycotting the swearing-in of new MPs after the May polls, a separate ceremony was held for MK Party members, but not all 58 seats were immediately filled.<\/p>\n

The court heard that an audit of the party\u2019s list revealed that a number of individuals were either not bona fide members of MK or were included on suspicious grounds.<\/p>\n

The party said at least two of the applicants defied a party order not to attend the first sitting of parliament, another two failed to pitch for the swearing-in ceremony, and five others defied the instruction not to attend that ceremony.<\/p>\n

Judgment in the matter was reserved.<\/p>\n

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