The party will bring a high court application to fight the constitutionality of the e-toll bill, which it hopes will delay the launch of the multi-million rand project.
“Without fail, we chose the most cumbersome, the most expensive system that only benefits a few, rather than considering the majority of this province,” said Democratic Alliance spokesperson Mmusi Maimane. “We feel there was a fundamental flaw in the process to begin with.
“We are of the view that the e-tolling bill was incorrectly passed by Parliament and signed into law by President Zuma.”
He explained that the e-toll bill was incorrectly classified as a national matter to be addressed exclusively at a national level by Parliament, which effectively excluded provincial legislatures from deliberating on behalf of the people affected in each province.
He added that the tolling of roads impacted other factors such as urban planning, public transport and traffic regulations, which were the domain of provincial governments and municipalities.
The DA believes that it can prove the bill was handled unconstitutionally.
This comes only weeks after the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) gave up on its course of legal action against e-tolls.
