Judgment No. CCZ 3/14 1
Const. Application No. CCZ 64/13
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(1)
THE
ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (2) THE
CHAIRPERSON OF THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL
COMMISSION
v
COMMISSIONER GENERAL ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE
& 19 ORS
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE
CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JA,
GWAUNZA JA, GARWE JA, GOWORA JA,
HLATSHWAYO JA, PATEL JA, & CHIWESHE AJA
HARARE, JULY 26, 2013 & MARCH 26, 2014
T Kanengoni and C.Nyika, for the applicants
F Chimbaru, for the first, second, third, ninth, tenth and eleventh respondents
S Hwacha and T Zhuwarara, for the fourth respondent
ZIYAMBI JA:
At the end of the hearing of this matter the following
order was issued:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1st Applicant takes all the necessary steps to ensure that its officers and officers under
the command of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Respondents, authorised to cast ballots in terms of
section 81 of the Electoral Act [Cap 2:13] who failed to cast their ballots on the 14th
and 15th of July 2013 because of the unavailability of ballot papers, be and are hereby
allowed to cast their ballots on the 31st of July 2013.”
Below are set out the reasons for this order.