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CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba called Monday for \u201crespect of legal processes and decisions\u201d, defiantly stating that insulting judges will not set aside court rulings.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s top judge made the remarks while officially opening the 2019 judicial year in Harare on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourt decisions are not and will not be set aside by insulting judicial officers who make the decisions and denigrating against the judicial officer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The comments were likely a response to the bitter row over the unanimous Constitutional Court ruling dismissing the challenge by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa against the July 30 presidential election results.<\/p>\n

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A furious opposition condemned the court ruling with MDC legislators booing and heckling Justice Malaba and calling him a \u201cthief\u201d in Parliament during the swearing-in of the Speaker last September.<\/p>\n

In his speech Monday, the chief justice insisted that the rule of law requires that decisions of the court should be respected even where litigants do not agree with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cA party does not have to agree with the decision, he or she or it does not have to denigrate the person of the judicial officer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is against this background that I call upon all litigants and the general population to respect legal processes and legal decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not matter how much you agree or disagree with the decision arrived at by the court. That decision-making by the courts is foundation upon which the concept of the rule of law is built.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added; \u201cCourt decision may only be challenged by following proper legal processes such as appeal or review, this is the bedrock of the concept of the rule of law.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us all respect our constitutional agencies and institutions, it is us Zimbabweans who put them in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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