GWINYAI HENRY MUZOREWA
versus
THE CHAIRPERSON-NOMINATION COURT
and
THE CHAIRPERSON
ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE
MANGOTA J
HARARE, 21 June, 2018 and 26 June, 2018
Urgent Chamber Application
S. Mahuni & V Mutatu, for the plaintiff
C. Nyika & T M Kanengoni, for the defendants
MANGOTA J: The petitioner, a presidential aspirant for the July 2018 harmonised election, is a leader of The United African National Council (“The UANC”). The UANC, as a political party, broke away from the original United African National Council (“UANC”) which one Reverend Bishop Abel Tendekai Muzorewa who is now late formed in 1978.
The respondents are the Chairperson of the Nomination Court the proceedings of which took place from 10 am to 4 pm of 14 June, 2018 and the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission under whose supervision the Chairperson of the Nomination Court operated. They are respectively referred to in this judgment as the first and the second respondents.
The petitioner moved the court to direct the respondents to accept his nomination papers as well as to consider whether or not he qualifies to be a presidential candidate for the forthcoming July, 2018 election. His statement is that:
(a) The UANC nominated him to run for the office of President of Zimbabwe in the harmonised elections which are slated for 30 July, 2018.
(b) The second respondent drew his attention to the documents which were required for one to be nominated as a candidate for the elections.