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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Saviour Kasukuwere has launched an appeal against a High Court decision to disqualify him from the 2023 presidential race on the basis that he had been out of the country for more than 18 months.<\/p>\n

Kasukuwere\u2019s chief election agent and spokesperson Jaqueline Sande on Wednesday said they will \u201cfight to the bitter end\u201d to stop his name being removed from presidential candidates for the August 23 election. Sande said:<\/p>\n

The judgement is regrettable as it compromises the integrity of the elections.<\/p>\n

Lots of issues are questionable and cannot be sustained by an appellate court.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to fight to the bitter end until we restore Mr. Kasukuwere\u2019s right to participate in these elections.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, 12 July, High Court judge Justice David Mangota delivered a ruling that granted an application by a ZANU PF activist Lovedale Mangwana who wanted Kasukuwere disqualified.<\/p>\n

Mangwana had argued that Kasukuwere had been out of the country for a lengthy period of time and his name should be removed from the roll of voters \u2013 effectively barring him from running in the election.<\/p>\n

The order, granted by Justice Mangota, reads in part:<\/p>\n

Kasukuwere is interdicted from representing or holding himself out to the general public and electorate in Zimbabwe or abroad, whether physically or through any form of media, as a candidate for election to the office of president of the Republic of Zimbabwe in elections scheduled to be heard on August 23, 2023.<\/p>\n

ZimLive reported that Kasukuwere\u2019s Supreme Court appeal, which will be heard on an urgent basis, temporarily sets aside the High Court judgement.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Saviour Kasukuwere has launched an appeal against a High Court decision to disqualify him from the 2023 presidential race on the basis that he had been out of the country for more than 18 months. Kasukuwere\u2019s chief election agent and spokesperson Jaqueline Sande on Wednesday said they will \u201cfight to the bitter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":80475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,2715],"tags":[1493,2189,4344,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-80476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"category-to-homepage","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-saviour-kasukuwere","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nKasukuwere Launches Supreme Court Appeal Against Disqualification - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saviour Kasukuwere has launched an appeal against a High Court decision to disqualify him from the 2023 presidential rac ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-launches-supreme-court-appeal-against-disqualification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kasukuwere Launches Supreme Court Appeal Against Disqualification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saviour Kasukuwere has launched an appeal against a High Court decision to disqualify him from the 2023 presidential rac ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-launches-supreme-court-appeal-against-disqualification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-13T19:36:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-13T23:05:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689273104.315753.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-launches-supreme-court-appeal-against-disqualification\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-launches-supreme-court-appeal-against-disqualification\",\"name\":\"Kasukuwere Launches Supreme Court Appeal Against Disqualification - 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