The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president
Other parties flagged irregularities but want to distance themselves from MK and Jacob Zuma’s efforts to discredit the elections
Parties’ no-go areas are rapidly shifting as the deadline to constitute a government looms
Cyril Ramaphosa’s counsel has countered that the case is stillborn because the National Assembly had a right to reject the findings of the Ngcobo panel
The clock started ticking once the electoral commission declared the final result of the vote on Sunday night
The IEC released the final result despite threats of ‘trouble’ from Jacob Zuma’s Umkhonto weSizwe party
Sources have suggested there is an in-principle agreement between the two biggest parties that they will work together
The former president is demanding that the announcement of the final result be delayed to allow the MK Party to lodge objections
But political parties and independents are collectively challenging the result in the province where the ANC is down nine percentage points from 2019
It faced budget cuts, the burden of an amended electoral system and a legal challenge from Jacob Zuma