ConCourt to decide on Chegutu vote-swapping case

THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) will today make a determination on an application by MDC Alliance candidate Gift Konjana, who is seeking leave to appeal against a Supreme Court judgment which ruled that his petition to challenge Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna’s victory in the July 2018 elections was filed after the prescribed three-month period had lapsed.

Konjana claims that soon after announcing the results, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) admitted that it had erred in declaring Nduna the winner but refused to nullify the results saying it was the mandate of the Electoral Court.

In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said Konjana recently filed an application at the ConCourt seeking an order granting him leave to appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court, which on March 23, 2021 upheld the Electoral Court’s decision, saying it had no jurisdiction over an election petition appeal once the three-month prescribed period has expired.

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