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ONE South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane has cast doubt on Parliament’s ability to meet the Constitutional Court’s deadline to amend the Electoral Act to allow independent candidates to become MPs. In June 2020, the Concourt gave Parliament two years to effect the amendments. Maimane said his movement had submitted a private member’s bill, which included the proposed amended Electoral Act in July 2020. He said the draft bill was in accordance with the Concourt’s ruling, but instead the executive had set up an advisory committee that had given Parliament two models to consider.