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Chombo, MDC-T battle spills to courts
04 Sep 2013 at 05:32hrs | Views
The MDC-T yesterday filed an urgent application with the Electoral Court seeking an interdict to block outgoing Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo from interfering in the election of mayors.
The court application filed by MDC-T lawyers, Mwonzora and Associates Legal Practitioners follows Chombo's directive compelling newly-elected councillors to pick a mayor from among themselves.
However, the MDC-T argues that Section 49 of the Urban Councils Act allows for an outsider to be elected as mayor.
The party had already recommended non-elected members Obert Gutu and Mandla Nyathi as its preferred candidates for Harare and Bulawayo respectively.
The court application filed by MDC-T lawyers, Mwonzora and Associates Legal Practitioners follows Chombo's directive compelling newly-elected councillors to pick a mayor from among themselves.
However, the MDC-T argues that Section 49 of the Urban Councils Act allows for an outsider to be elected as mayor.
The party had already recommended non-elected members Obert Gutu and Mandla Nyathi as its preferred candidates for Harare and Bulawayo respectively.
Source - newsday
