The MKP has turned to the Electoral Court to seek an order declaring that the outcome of the May elections be set aside due to alleged serious irregularities.

It has been reported that it has also disregarded the newly formed Government of National Unity, describing it as a white-led ‘unholy’ alliance between the DA and ANC.

The party won 14.5% of the vote, which translates into 58 seats in the National Assembly, but claims that the declared result and Ramaphosa’s re-election was tantamount to a coup.

Its approach to the Electoral Court comes after the Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed its application for direct access to challenge the result.

The Mail & Guardian reports that in its founding affidavit to the Electoral Court, it reiterates its claim in papers to the apex court that the IEC acted unlawfully when it declared the results though political parties had ‘lodged serious objections of massive electoral rigging and fraud’.

‘The IEC failed to address the allegations given to it of electoral irregularities in a lawful and fair manner,’ the party argued, adding that the commission’s attitude was ‘dismissive’.

It said the results were declared ‘despite approximately 576 unresolved objections that ‘were of sufficient gravity to vitiate the lawfulness’ of the elections.

MKP national organiser Nkosinathi Nhleko said he was bringing the application in the interest of the party, but also in that of the public.

‘The relief that the applicant seeks is far-reaching but necessary,’ he noted.

Full Mail & Guardian report