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By election matter postponed by the High Court
03 Apr 2013 at 16:17hrs | Views
High Court Judge President, Justice George Chiweshe today again postponed the matter in which Robert Mugabe is seeking to be excused from complying with a court order that compels him to proclaim dates for three Matabeleland by-elections by end of March.
According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Justice Chiweshe advised lawyers for Mugabe and the three affected legislators that he could and would only determine Mugabe's request to be excused from proclaiming dates for by-elections, primarily by interrogating the issue of the date on which Parliament should legally be dissolved and whether this date would allow sufficient time for by-elections to still be held.
The head of the High Court further intimated that the court was not the appropriate forum for the resolution of a date for national elections, as this was an issue requiring the attention of both the President and the Prime Minister.
According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Justice Chiweshe advised lawyers for Mugabe and the three affected legislators that he could and would only determine Mugabe's request to be excused from proclaiming dates for by-elections, primarily by interrogating the issue of the date on which Parliament should legally be dissolved and whether this date would allow sufficient time for by-elections to still be held.
Source - Byo24News
