Con Court rapped for withholding elections judgement reasons

Failure by the Constitutional Court to give reasons for its dismissal of a case where parties in the outgoing inclusive government were seeking postponement of the July 31 elections had created unnecessary anxiety, a local legal agency has said.

Veritas, an organisation that provides information and interprets parliamentary proceedings and national laws, issued a statement on Monday, saying it was imperative that the ConCourt disclosed the reasons for its ruling issued two months ago.

The application in question was jointly filed by outgoing Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC president Welshman Ncube and a civic society activist Nixon Nyikadzino following recommendations by Sadc leaders who had indicated the July 31 date set for the polls was too early before implementation of stated reforms.

This was after President Robert Mugabe's proclamation of July 31 as the date for elections.