The Constitutional Court today threw out the case in which former Movement for Democratic Change- Tsvangirai Secretary-General Tendai Biti and 20 other legislators were challenging their expulsion from Parliament because it had no merit.
Biti and his colleagues, who had formed the Renewal Team, were expelled from Parliament after the MDC-T recalled the seats arguing that the legislators had crossed the floor by joining another party when they were elected on an MDC-T ticket.
Biti and his group, led by Sekai Holland, had joined forces with another former Secretary-General Welshman Ncube to form the United Movement for Democratic Change.
President Robert Mugabe has already called for by-elections to fill the vacancies on 10 June. Nominations close on Thursday, 16 April.
Although 21 seats were at stake, by-elections will only be held in 14 constituencies. Three seats were filled by proportional representation and the other four seats were for the Senate.
These seats have already been bagged by the MDC-T but the party is facing a dilemma on whether to fill them because it has vowed to boycott all elections until the government implements electoral reforms.
Those who lost their seats were:
(545 VIEWS)
This post was last modified on April 14, 2015 3:44 pm
The role of social media on how people get their news in Zimbabwe is being…
Ten African countries are amongst the biggest debtors to China, but Zimbabwe is not among…
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Committee, which met on Friday last week, says…
Zimbabwe’s new currency further weakened to 13.4407 to the United States dollar today down from…
The United States lost its place as the most influential global power in Africa last…
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mushayavanhu says street money changers who cash in…