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Electoral Amendment Bill: Legal Advisors on draft amendments
19 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Office of the Chief State Law Adviser briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the draft amendments agreed to on the Electoral Amendment Bill. This A-List included proposed amendments to clauses 1, 3, 4, 5 and 10. It also detailed ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Report on the review of permits, with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the legal counsel of the Department of Home Affairs briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on outstanding policy matters in relation to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The legal opinion discussed proposed amendments to the Bill. These amendments ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill deliberations; Government Printing Works investigation; with Minister
5 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
A Parliamentary Legal Adviser provided a recap on the Electoral Amendment Bill deliberations, detailing the decisions made. Members agreed in principle that independent candidates should be included in the concept of a “party liaison committee” and that this be amended. The IEC ...
Home Affairs
Permit Review report: postponed; Electoral Amendment Bill; with Minister
28 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Committee was unanimously displeased that the Permit Review report by the ministerial task team could not be presented after the 7 March report briefing had been cancelled. This time it was because a sufficient number of task team members were unable ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill extension; IEC, DHA, Law Advisor submissions; with Minister
21 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) briefed the Committee on the granting of a Constitutional Court extension on the Electoral ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Committee Annual Plan
7 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee continued deliberating on the Electoral Amendment Bill and resolved to get further clarity on certain aspects of the Bill from the Electoral Commission (IEC) and Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO), particularly on the Bill’s technical aspects such ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations
3 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee had a broad discussion on the main issues that were raised in public hearings and which needed to be considered in the deliberations.
The Committee resolved to refer legal matters to the Parliamentary Legal Services and ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Motion of Desirability; IEC Commissioner Recommendation; with Deputy Minister
31 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
Awaited document: Motion of Desirability
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the Motion of Desirability on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1 - 2022]. The motion – pending the inclusion of the requirement for general proportionality - ...
Home Affairs
2021 Local Government Elections IEC Report; IEC Commissioner Vacancy: OCJ Report
20 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (the Committee) convened a virtual meeting for a briefing by the Independent Electoral Commission (the IEC) on the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) report and to consider the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) report on ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: key issues for consideration
17 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Content Advisor highlighted several key issues to help guide the deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill. These matters arose during previous engagements and in the responses by the IEC and Department of Home Affairs. Issues that ...