Dumiso Dabengwa contests election ruling

ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Electoral Court's recent judgment refusing to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to take charge of voter registration, maintaining voters' rolls and register in line with the new constitutional dispensation.

The Electoral Court ruled two weeks ago that Zec has unfettered discretion to use or not to use the voters' rolls compiled by the Registrar-General because there is no law compelling the commission to craft a new register.

Dabengwa yesterday filed his notice of appeal at the superior court in a bid to overturn the Electoral Court decision.

Among the grounds of appeal, Dabengwa argued that the lower court erred in finding that the performance of the electoral body's constitutional and statutory duties was subject to its own unilateral view.