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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>An MDC-T legal advisor and the party president Douglas Mwonzora\u2019s aide, Tapera Sengweni, has made a Constitutional Court application to stop the 26 March by-elections arguing that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) failed to hold elections within the timeframe prescribed by the laws of the country.<\/p>\n

In his founding affidavit, Tapera cited President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ZEC as the first and second respondents respectively.<\/p>\n

Tapera argues that Mnangagwa failed to proclaim dates for the by-elections within the time frame set by the constitution, therefore, the proclamations he made on 24 December 2021 and 27 January 2022 should be declared null and void.<\/p>\n

He further asserts that Zimbabwe cannot afford to hold by-elections this month and should wait for general elections that are due in 2023. Part of the application reads:<\/p>\n

As a small economy, Zimbabwe has financial challenges that are affecting the greater majority of its population.<\/p>\n

The government is struggling to pay its employees a living wage. It is not prudent to drag the country into another plebiscite whose outcome does not change the numerical configuration of parliament in any way.<\/p>\n

At present, the purpose of the Zimbabwe parliament is to enact national law. There is no \u201d individual\u201d value of a member of parliament at all. Any law made by parliament will affect every Zimbabwean equally.<\/p>\n

It does not matter for example that the Member of Parliament for Mkoba is out of Parliament.<\/p>\n

Parliament can still produce quality law led by debate from a Member of Parliament of say, Umguza constituency.<\/p>\n

It is my view that this mini general election proclaimed by the 1st Respondent is too expensive for Zimbabwe and needless. They are out of time anyway.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe is set to hold by-elections on 26 March, with 28 National Assembly and 121 council seats to be contested.<\/p>\n

Most of the seats fell vacant after the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora recalled elected MDC Alliance representatives for supporting a faction led by Nelson Chamisa.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. An MDC-T legal advisor and the party president Douglas Mwonzora\u2019s aide, Tapera Sengweni, has made a Constitutional Court application to stop the 26 March by-elections arguing that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) failed to hold elections within the timeframe prescribed by the laws of the country. 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