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Special Voting application to be heard on Friday
24 Jul 2013 at 16:28hrs | Views
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has ruled that the application by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for the 26 160 security forces and civil servants who failed to participate in special voting to cast their ballot on July 31 is urgent and that it should be heard on Friday at the Constitutional Court.
Justice Chidyausiku also confirmed urgency in another matter in which the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists wants its members to be granted an opportunity to cast their ballot earlier than July 31 before they are deployed to cover elections in various provinces throughout the country.
ZUJ lawyer Mr Rodgers Matsikidze of Matsikidze and Mucheche is seeking an order compelling ZEC to allow journalists, who will be out in different provinces covering elections, to be treated the same way with the uniformed forces and ZEC officials who are entitled to special voting.
Chief registrar of the Constitutional Court Mr Walter Chikwana confirmed the decision of the chief justice saying both matters will be treated urgently.
Justice Chidyausiku also confirmed urgency in another matter in which the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists wants its members to be granted an opportunity to cast their ballot earlier than July 31 before they are deployed to cover elections in various provinces throughout the country.
ZUJ lawyer Mr Rodgers Matsikidze of Matsikidze and Mucheche is seeking an order compelling ZEC to allow journalists, who will be out in different provinces covering elections, to be treated the same way with the uniformed forces and ZEC officials who are entitled to special voting.
Chief registrar of the Constitutional Court Mr Walter Chikwana confirmed the decision of the chief justice saying both matters will be treated urgently.
Source - herald
