# The DA says the Electoral Court ruling dismissing the ANC’s appeal over the late submission of candidate lists upholds election deadlines and ensures the same rules apply to all political parties. The party’s Ashor Sarupen says the ANC is facing mounting internal and external pressure about this major operational failure. He says the court case it brought lacked merit and substance, and appears to be more of a public relations exercise than a legal one. Sarupen says the IEC is now expected to publish the final lists.
DA welcomes Electoral Court ruling on ANC’s late candidate lists