President Mnangagwa sets new nomination court da...

President Mnangagwa sets new nomination court dates for recalled constituencies MPs

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set November 7 as the day of nomination court for the constituencies whose Members of Parliament were recalled by Sengezo Tshabangu who argued he did so in his capacity as the interim secretary-general of the Citizens Coalition for Change.

President Mnangagwa said in Proclamation 8 of 2023 published Friday that he was doing so in terms of Section 129 (k) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe after he had been notified of the vacancy of Parliamentary seats for the constituencies of Beitbridge West, Binga North, Bulawayo South, Cowdry park, Lobengula-Magwegwe, Lupane East, Mabvuku-Tafara, Mpopoma-Mzilikazi and Nketa.

According to the Constitution, once he has been notified of such a development as happened on October 9, he is empowered to order a new election to fill the vacancies as provided for in Section 38 in regard to a general election.

“Under and by virtue of the powers vested in the President as aforesaid, I do, by this proclamation:

a) Order new elections for the constituencies, and

b) Fix Tuesday the 7th of November, 2023, as the date on which the nomination court shall sit, commencing at 10: 00 in the morning, at-

(i) the Magistrate Court, Court 5, Tredgold Building, Leopold Takawira Avenue, Bulawayo, for the purpose of receiving nomination of candidates for election as members of National Assembly Constituencies of Bulawayo South, Cowdray Park, Lobengula- Magwegwe and Mpopoma-Mzilikazi; and

(ii) the Magistrates Court, Abdel Gamal Nasser Road (Rotten Row), Harare, for the purpose of receiving nominations of candidates for election as member of National Assembly Constituency of Mabvuku Tafara; and

(iii) the Magistrates Court, Lupane, for the purpose of receiving nominations of candidates for election as members of National Assembly Constituencies of Lupane East and Binga North; and

(iv) the Magistrates Court, Fifth Avenue, Gwanda, for the purpose of receiving nominations of candidates for election as member of National Assembly Constituency of Beitbridge West;

and

(c) fix Saturday the 9th of December, 2023, as the day on which a poll shall be taken if a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 46(17) (c) of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13]. Given under my hand and the Public Seal of Zimbabwe at Harare, this seventeenth day of October, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-three. ,” reads the proclamation.