FF Plus maintains its view that the EFF does not adhere to the guidelines of the Electoral Commission Act
The Constitution of South Africa was written to offer protection and freedom within the guidelines of the law to all residents of the country. When it is clear that someone is acting in contravention of this, the Freedom Front Plus will be neglecting its duty if it does not strongly object to it.
Mr. Pieter Groenewald, Chairperson of the Freedom Front Plus, says that the Electoral Commission Act clearly stipulates in Section 16 all the requirements which a political party has to meet to before such a party's registration is accepted and the party is allowed to participate in the election process. The FF Plus is of the opinion that the EFF does not meet these requirements. This is the reason why the party has requested the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to not allow the registration of Mr. Julius Malema's party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to take place.
"Everybody who are now joining the fray in defence of Malema's rights and freedoms are conveniently forgetting that it was precisely a court which had intervened to restrict his unbridled freedom of speech by finding him guilty of hate speech following his ‘Shoot the Boer' singing.
"Within the framework of the law, there are clear restrictions as to what is constitutionally permissible and Malema's comments and his racist policy directions are crossing the same boundaries as the singing of his offending song which incited people to commit murder and which was declared to be hate speech.
"With regards to property rights, the FF Plus sticks to its opinion that the EFF's policy is unconstitutional as it boils down to expropriation without compensation. It is clearly unconstitutional in terms of Section 25(2)(b) of the Constitution. The Constitution sets restrictions to protect the integrity of communities, including their cultural and economic integrity.