| dc.description.abstract | This study critiques the reality of the overall
nature, content and scope of the Local Authorities
Elections (Amendment) Act no 22 of 2012 and the
subsequent amendments thereto, in light of the concept of
local-level democracy. The quality of democracy at the
initiative level depends not only on the strength and the
coherence of the parties, and the party system but also on
the quality of the elections themselves. Therefore, this
article aims to analyse the extent to which the provisions
of the Act and the system of election complies with the
requirements of democracy. This research is conducted as
a literature review based on secondary sources using an
interpretative approach to support the arguments on
theoretical and doctrinal concepts. Moreover, the author
followed a qualitative approach to explain her stance in
this regard. In order to address the research question, the
author critically analyses the provisions of the relevant
Acts and its application in reality, which are lacking or
seems to be lacking in adherence to the concept of
democracy. As a result, the author finds that the system
experimented in the last local authorities election(2018)
delineate the delinquency of tenaciousness to the said
requirements to perpetuate a democratic society and
therefore, comes up with a proposal on how to shape up
the legislation to vouch for accountability at the local level
of governance to enhance the local democracy. | |
