Zuma's MK says it 'will soon occupy its seats in the National Assembly'

JOHANNESBURG - Former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has announced that its members plan to occupy their seats in the National Assembly soon. 
 
The organisation skipped out on proceedings when MPs were sworn in during the first sitting of Parliament last week.
 
The party said that its boycotting of the sitting was a peaceful protest to demonstrate against what it said was the IEC's failure to deliver free and fair elections.
 
On Sunday, the MK Party reiterated its frustration with the alleged vote rigging during a media briefing in Sandton.
 

Zuma previously told Eyewitness News that Parliament would fail to elect a president if the MK Party's 58 MPs boycotted the first sitting of Parliament.
 
But Zuma was under the impression that at least 350 members of Parliament must be present for the election of a president, when only 133 MPs are needed to form a quorum.
 
MK Party spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndlela, said that the organisation's legal counsel advised against boycotting Parliament.
 
"After taking legal advice, uMkhonto weSizwe will soon occupy its seats in the National Assembly. We shall continue to raise the issues of the rigged elections from inside the House."
 
The party has now turned to the Electoral Court to declare the election results invalid.