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Con Court postpones indefinitely ruling on postal voting
14 Jun 2013 at 07:48hrs | Views
The Constitutional Court (Con Court) has postponed indefinitely a matter that was brought before it by Tavengwa Bukaibenyu seeking to overturn sections of the Electoral Act, which bar postal voting for ordinary Zimbabweans.
Bukaibenyu is in exile and is a driver by profession. He is challenging the Electoral Act as he feels it is disenfranchising millions of Zimbabweans in exile from exercising their right to vote.
He is claiming that the Act infringes on his rights to have a voice on who governs in Zimbabwe.
Postal and special voting in Zimbabwe has been a preserve of a very small group of people in Zimbabwe, particularly uniformed forces and diplomats. This process has largely been opaque.
MDC-T says there is need to put clarity and certainty of postal voting.
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) needs to put in place mechanisms to ensure that this process is not abused. There is need for unimpeded monitoring of this voting process by all political parties and other election stakeholders," said MDC-T in a statement.
Bukaibenyu is in exile and is a driver by profession. He is challenging the Electoral Act as he feels it is disenfranchising millions of Zimbabweans in exile from exercising their right to vote.
He is claiming that the Act infringes on his rights to have a voice on who governs in Zimbabwe.
Postal and special voting in Zimbabwe has been a preserve of a very small group of people in Zimbabwe, particularly uniformed forces and diplomats. This process has largely been opaque.
MDC-T says there is need to put clarity and certainty of postal voting.
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) needs to put in place mechanisms to ensure that this process is not abused. There is need for unimpeded monitoring of this voting process by all political parties and other election stakeholders," said MDC-T in a statement.
Source - Byo24News
