# The Defend Our Democracy movement is calling on Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi to explain why he has failed to meet the deadline to appoint an Electoral Reform Consultation Panel. The panel was meant to have been appointed by 19 October, but this has not been done to date. The Defend Our Democracy activist Nicole Fritz says they believes that the failure by Motsoaledi to establish the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel in the time frame prescribed by law has a direct impact on its effectiveness: