ATM files papers in Electoral Court to have 2024 elections declared null and void

JOHANNESBURG - The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has filed papers in the Electoral Court seeking to have the 2024 general elections declared null and void. 

The ATM, which has two seats in the National Assembly, also wants the first sitting of Parliament halted this Friday. 

It joins the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and non-government organisation, Hola Bon Renaissance, to have filed court papers in a last-minute bid to prevent the convening of the seventh democratic administration. 

All three organisations are yet to provide any proof to support their claims of voter rigging and fraud by the Electoral Commission. 

ATM national spokesperson, Zama Ntshona, said that the elections were not free and fair.

"Because of the material irregularities that are there, we are calling for a re-run of the elections, that’s what we want the court to do and by doing that, we are saying that Parliament cannot continue with the constituting of Parliament when the process of constituting Parliament is under question."