Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) has decided to interdict the the sitting ofinaugural session of the National Assembly.

On Friday the MK Party's legal representatives issued a formal demand to the Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and the Secretary to Parliament Xolile George and the authorities responsible for arranging the inaugural session of the National Assembly within 14 days following the election results announcement. Last week the MK Party leader and former President Jacob Zuma announced that the organisation had filed court papers to the IEC complaining about the irregularities and unfairness of the election results. "We argue that unresolved objections and the veracity of the substance by MK Party and other political parties who represent the will of the people, render this market based declaration and consequently the sitting and all its activities unconstitutional. Furthermore, and in defence of our people's constitutional rights, the MK Party will file papers with the constitutional court to interdict the swearing in of party nominated candidates as members of the National Assembly until our grievances are addressed by the courts," said party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela.

Ndhlela said that the absence of MK Party members will prevent achieving the composition of the 350 members required to lawfully constitute

the National Assembly. "Despite our legally sound and legitimate objections as submitted in line with section 55 to the IEC, Parliament's response disregarded our request by spearheading an agenda to proceed regardless of such concerns which are serious in their nature. We have directed our attorneys to urgently seek an interdict from the Constitutional Court to postpone the session while these critical legal issues and questionable election results which point to grossly serious grievances of possible election fraud and rigging are addressed," he said.