The High Court in Cape Town will hear argument on Tuesday that legislation governing e-tolling should be declared unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
Democratic Alliance spokesman Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday that the party approached the court because the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill (the e-tolling bill) was incorrectly passed by Parliament and signed into law by President Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n
He said if the case is successful, the law would need to be sent back to Parliament to deliberate on for a second time.<\/p>\n
The DA would argue that the law was incorrectly passed by the National Assembly as it was tagged as a Section 75 bill (debated in Parliament only) and not a Section 76 Bill (debated in Parliament and provinces).<\/p>\n
“The people of Gauteng were therefore denied a voice in the passing of the e-tolling bill due to it not appearing before the provincial legislature,” Maimane said.<\/p>\n
He said should the DA win the case in the high court, the matter would automatically be referred to the Constitutional Court where the law may be declared unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
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