Republika Południowej Afryki: wyrok Sądu Konstytucyjnego z 22 czerwca 2017 r. w sprawie Zjednoczony Ruch Demokratyczny przeciwko Przewodniczącemu Zgromadzenia Narodowego (dotyczący możliwości ustanowienia tajnego głosowania w sprawie wniosku o wotum
Republic of South Africa: judgment of the Constitutional Court of 22 June 2017 in case United Democratic Movement v. President of the National Assembly (on possibilityof conducting a secret vote on a motion for a vote of no confidence in the Presid

Summary/Abstract: The judgment of the Constitutional Court of 22 June 2017 in case United Democratic Movementv. President of the National Assembly refers to the possibility of admitting a secret vote on a motionfor a vote of no confi dence in the President. Despite the lack of an explicit constitutional foundation,the Constitutional Court confi rmed the right of the President of the National Assembly to choose betweenan open and a secret vote. Nonetheless, the opposing values shall thereby be considered, suchas the voters’ right to information on the scope of exercising the mandate by their representatives andthe representatives’ right to vote in accordance with their conscience, free from pressure of not onlythe voters, but mainly the political party which they are members of.

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