ZEC cuts off Local Authority by-elections
Local Authority vacancies that fall open after October will have to so remain until the 2023 general elections, the Zimbabwe Elections Commission has announced.“Members of the public are .. notified t...
Local Authority vacancies that fall open after October will have to so remain until the 2023 general elections, the Zimbabwe Elections Commission has announced.
“Members of the public are .. notified that the filling of vacancies that occur on or after November 1, 2022 will be suspended pending the conduct of the 2023 general elections,” ZEC announced in statement.
“The last general election … was held on July 31, 2018. It is therefore anticipated from a reading section 158(3) of the constitution that general elections will be held on a date to be set during the month of either July or August 2023.
According to ZEC’s notice the constitutional period for Local Authority by-elections is running out.
“Section 158(3) of the Constitution provides that polling in by-elections shall take place within ninety days of the vacancies occurring unless the vacancies occur within nine months before a general election is due to be held.
ZEC is currently conducting accreditation for upcoming Local Authority elections in Matebeleland, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central and Midlands provinces.
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