DA to refer ANC to IEC over spreading false information about the party in Muslim communities
24 April 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will refer various screenshots of WhatsApp messages from the ANC’s WC election group disseminating disinformation about the DA with the intention of affecting the outcomes of elections in Muslim communities to the IEC. These graphics spreading fake news are disgusting and untrue. They also are in violation of Section 89(2) of the Electoral Act which clearly states that no person may publish any false information with the intention of -
(a) creating hostility or fear in order to influence the conduct or outcome of an election; or
(b) influencing the outcome or conduct of an election.
Should the ANC be responsible for this reprehensible material, it would be clear that they so fearful of the DA’s growth that they are resorting to a smear campaign, using the same undemocratic tactics that they used in Alexandra and other areas where they incited violence and destroyed public property to make these areas ungovernable.