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Ousted Zimbabwe speaker of parliament goes to court
22 Mar 2011 at 18:29hrs | Views
OUSTED Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo has filed an urgent court application seeking to be declared MP for Matobo North before a crucial vote in the House of Assembly.
Moyo, whose August 2008 election was nullified by the Supreme Court last week, said he was seeking a "declaratory order" for "the avoidance of doubt".
Moyo, who was deemed to have resigned his Matobo North seat after his election as Speaker, argues in court papers that he should now revert to MP since the Supreme Court ruling established his election as Speaker was never valid.
Moyo, who only last week accused Supreme Court judges of being "loyal and faithful to the cause of Zanu PF", must now bank of the same legal system to help him back to Parliament.
Without his vote, MDC-T would have 96 MPs in Parliament – the same number as Zanu PF. The smaller MDC faction with seven MPs says it will abstain from the vote.
Zanu PF can fatten its numbers by one after party strategists asked President Robert Mugabe to invoke a clause in Constitutional Amendment 19 which allows him to appoint an MP with full voting powers.
Moyo, whose August 2008 election was nullified by the Supreme Court last week, said he was seeking a "declaratory order" for "the avoidance of doubt".
Moyo, who was deemed to have resigned his Matobo North seat after his election as Speaker, argues in court papers that he should now revert to MP since the Supreme Court ruling established his election as Speaker was never valid.
Moyo, who only last week accused Supreme Court judges of being "loyal and faithful to the cause of Zanu PF", must now bank of the same legal system to help him back to Parliament.
Without his vote, MDC-T would have 96 MPs in Parliament – the same number as Zanu PF. The smaller MDC faction with seven MPs says it will abstain from the vote.
Zanu PF can fatten its numbers by one after party strategists asked President Robert Mugabe to invoke a clause in Constitutional Amendment 19 which allows him to appoint an MP with full voting powers.
Source - Byo24News
