Over 40 political parties appeal against IEC deregistration notice [SOUND]

# The Electoral Commission has received over 40 submissions from political parties in response to its notice of cancellation for 192 inactive parties. These parties had failed to renew their registration by the 31 January deadline and are not represented in any legislative body. The commission’s David Mandaha says the IEC aims to keep its party register current, removing inactive parties to reduce voter confusion and allow active parties to claim unused names and logos: