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24 May 2012
   
 
 
Article by: Sapa
 
 
 

The African National Congress's reasons for wanting to stop Cope from using this name was short on facts, the Pretoria High Court heard on Wednesday.

Legal counsel for the Congress of the People, advocate Cedric Puckrin, referred to the ANC heads of arguments as "short and scanty on the facts".

He said the ANC had failed to show that Cope was misinterpreting itself as the sole heir to the 1955 congress, the Congress of the People.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Independent Electoral Commission withdrew from the matter after reaching an agreement with the ANC.

The ANC is opposing Cope's choice of name on the grounds that no party or person could appropriate the name of the 1955 congress, the Congress of the People.

The ruling party would also argue that the name would give the "Johnny come lately" and "new kid on the block" party immediate respectability, legitimacy and a "jump start".

Proceedings were set to continue after lunch.

 

 

 

Edited by: Sapa
 
 
 
 
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