Annexure A
ANNEXURE A
Amendments to Schedule 2 to the previous constitution
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The replacement of item 1 with the following item:
“1. Parties registered in terms of national legislation and contesting an
election of the National Assembly, shall nominate candidates for such election
on lists of candidates prepared in accordance with this Schedule and national
legislation.”.
The replacement of item 2 with the following item:
“2. The seats in the National Assembly as determined in terms of section 46 of the
new Constitution, shall be filled as follows:
(a) One half of the seats from regional lists submitted by the respective
parties, with a fixed number of seats reserved for each region as
determined by the Commission for the next election of the Assembly,
taking into account available scientifically based data in respect of
voters, and representations by interested parties.
(b) The other half of the seats from national lists submitted by the respective
parties, or from regional lists where national lists were not submitted.”.
The replacement of item 3 with the following item:
“3. The lists of candidates submitted by a party, shall in total contain the names
of not more than a number of candidates equal to the number of seats in the
National Assembly, and each such list shall denote such names in such fixed
order of preference as the party may determine.”.
The amendment of item 5 by replacing the words preceding paragraph (a) with
the following words:
“5. The seats referred to in item 2(a) shall be allocated per region to the parties
contesting an election, as follows:”.
The amendment of item 6—
(a) by replacing the words preceding paragraph (a) with the following words:
“6. � The seats referred to in item 2(b) shall be allocated to the parties
contesting an election, as follows:”; and
(b) � by replacing paragraph (a) with the following paragraph:
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