(1) ZIMBABWE DEVELOPMENT PARTY

(2) VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

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(1) PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE

(2) SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT

(3) CHAIRPERSON – ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE

HARARE, MARCH 20 & MAY 28, 2018

K Mukwazhe, leader of the first applicant (a political party)

M Chimombe, for the first respondent

A Demo, for the second respondent

T M Kanengoni, for the third respondent

Before: MALABA CJ, In Chambers

This is an urgent chamber application for an order directing the Registrar to set down for hearing on an urgent basis the main application the applicants purported to file on 1 March 2018. The applicants are political parties represented by Mr Mukwazhe, who is the leader of the first applicant. In the application purportedly filed on 1 March 2018, under case no. CCZ 11/18 (the main application), the applicants did not seek leave to file the application. An endorsement was made on the application to the effect that leave to apply for direct access to the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) was not necessary. The parties in that application are the same as those in the present application.