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Mt Pleasant Heights transferred to Mazowe South constituency
01 Jun 2018 at 09:36hrs | Views
RESIDENTS of Mt Pleasant Heights in Harare have taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court challenging the electoral management body's decision to unilaterally transfer them to Mazowe South constituency without their consent.
The residents, led by former councillor, Warship Dumba together with Celine Eunice Nyakutsikwa, filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking reversal of the electoral body's decision.
In their founding affidavits, Dumba and Nyakutsikwa said at all material times and in particular in the past two general elections in 2008 and 2013, they had cast their votes under Mt Pleasant constituency, but were surprised when Zec officials advised them that they were now under Mazowe South constituency.
Dumba said sometime in February last year, he observed Zec officials registering voters in Mt Pleasant Heights and upon enquiring, he was informed that they were registering voters for Mazowe South constituency.
Through their lawyer, Justice Masitala, the residents said they once approached former Zec chairperson, Rita Makarau over the same issue and she assured them that they would remain registered under Mt Pleasant constituency.
Dumba accused Chigumba and Zec of failing to gazette the delimitation of the new constituency to indicate the shift of boundaries, adding that by doing so they violated section 37A of the Electoral Act.
The matter is yet to be set down for hearing.
The residents, led by former councillor, Warship Dumba together with Celine Eunice Nyakutsikwa, filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking reversal of the electoral body's decision.
In their founding affidavits, Dumba and Nyakutsikwa said at all material times and in particular in the past two general elections in 2008 and 2013, they had cast their votes under Mt Pleasant constituency, but were surprised when Zec officials advised them that they were now under Mazowe South constituency.
Through their lawyer, Justice Masitala, the residents said they once approached former Zec chairperson, Rita Makarau over the same issue and she assured them that they would remain registered under Mt Pleasant constituency.
Dumba accused Chigumba and Zec of failing to gazette the delimitation of the new constituency to indicate the shift of boundaries, adding that by doing so they violated section 37A of the Electoral Act.
The matter is yet to be set down for hearing.
Source - newsday
