ANC in Parliament pave the way for the Zumafication of the IEC
3 March 2015
In today's sitting of the National Assembly the ANC predictably used its majority to recommend the appointment of Mr Vuma Glenton Mashinini as a commissioner of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
This after the Home Affairs Committee tabled their report recommending that Mr Mashinini be appointed as a commissioner to the IEC to take up the vacancy left by Adv Pansy Tlakula.
Mr Mashinini has worked closely with President Jacob Zuma in various capacities throughout his career and is currently employed as a Special Projects Advisor to the President.
The IEC is a Chapter 9 institution charged with carrying out free and fair elections and should at all times remain beyond reproach. The ANC in Parliament's recommendation of Mr Mashinini for an IEC Commissionership this afternoon is at direct odds with these constitutional principles.