DA wins major court victory against censorship of political advertising [SOUND]

# The DA has welcomed the Pretoria High Court judgement declaring key aspects of ICASA’s election broadcasting regulations unconstitutional and unlawful. The party’s Ashor Sarupen says the Court has granted the relief by creating an urgent mechanism for disputes over rejected political advertisements and party election broadcasts. He says the Court also found it unlawful and unconstitutional to exclude members of the public and public interest organisations from challenging the rejection of political broadcasts: