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Draft Minutes of the Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Independent Electoral Commission Act Held at 08H10 on Tuesday 27 July 1993 at the World Trade Centre [1993] ZAConAsmRes 18 (27 July 1993)

 

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION ACT HELD AT 08H10 ON TUESDAY 27 JULY 1993 AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE.

PRESENT: KM Andrew (Convenor)

D Schutte

P Maduna

B Desai

SG Mothibe

M Hynd (Minutes)

  1. Welcome

All members were welcomed.

  1. Agenda

The following Agenda was agreed:

Apologies

Minutes

Matters arising out of the Minutes Electoral Act

Areas of Dispute

  1. Minutes

The Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 21 July 1993 were approved.

  1. Matters Arising

It was noted that an excerpt of the Minutes of the Negotiating Council of 22 June 1993, dealing with the mandate given to the Technical Committee (Item 4.4.4) had been attached to the Minutes of the 21st instant, for information.

  1. Electoral Act

It was recognised that there is a close relationship between the IEC Act and an Electoral Act. In addition, there is concern about the need to make rapid progress in finalising both these Acts.

It was therefore decided to RECOMMEND TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE

5. 1. That the request to the IEC Technical Committee to draft an Electoral Act be confirmed.

5.2. That in view of the additional work involve([, the IEC Technical Committee be enlarged and that Professor Dion Basson and Mr A Tredoux be invited to join the committee.

5.3. That to facilitate this work an ad hoc committee of the Planning Committee be charged with liaising with the Technical. Committee on a more or less continuous basis.

5.4. That the ad hoc committee report to the Planning Committee on a regular basis identifying progress made and, inter alia, any problems that may have arisen.

5.5. That the Technical Committee be requested to present a draft Electoral Bill and a revised draft IEC Bill to the Negotiating Council on or before Friday, 6 August 1993.

  1. Meetings of This Committee

It was agreed that this committee should meet on a regular basis until it has completed its work.

  1. Involvement of International Community

A discussion on the nature of the involvement of .,he international community was commenced but not completed.

  1. Next Meeting

The next meeting of the committee will take place at 13h40 on Tuesday, 27 July 1993 to consider these minutes and arrange its next meeting.