NEW LOCAL ELECTIONS BILL INCLUDES DISPUTED PROCLAMATIONS:
CABINET

PRETORIA Sept 27 Sapa

The cabinet on Wednesday decided new legislation on the local
government elections should include the controversial proclamations
declared invalid by the Constitutional Court last week.

Cabinet secretary Jakes Gerwel told a media briefing in
Pretoria the Local Government Transition Amendment Bill would be
put to parliament in October, in a special session.

It would be reviewed by parliamentary standing committees on
October 9 and 10 and put before the national assembly on October 11
and the senate on October 12.

The National Party, which had threatened another Constitutional
Court action should the two disputed proclamations be included in
such a Bill, did not support the cabinet's decision, Gerwel said.

He added the cabinet had unanimously agreed that every effort
should be made to ensure that the local government elections go
ahead in most provinces on November.