constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 92 Election of President and Vice-Presidents (1) The election of a President and two Vice-Presidents must take place within the period specified in section 158. (2) Every candidate for election as President must nominate two persons to stand for election jointly with him or her as Vice-Presidents, and must designate one of those persons as his or her candidate for first Vice-President and the other as his or her candidate for second Vice-President. (3) The President and the Vice-Presidents are directly elected jointly by registered voters throughout Zimbabwe, and the procedure for their election is as prescribed in the Electoral Law. (4) The qualifications for registration as a voter and for voting at an election of a President and Vice-Presidents are set out in the Fourth Schedule. (5) The election of a President and Vice-Presidents must take place concurrently with every general election of members of Parliament, provincial councils and local authorities. 93 Challenge to presidential election (1) Subject to this section, any aggrieved candidate may challenge the validity of an election of a President or Vice-President by lodging a petition or application with the Constitutional Court within seven days after the date of the declaration of the results of the election. (2) The election of a Vice-President may be challenged only on the ground that he or she is or was not qualified for election (3) The Constitutional Court must hear and determine a petition or application under subsection (1) within fourteen days after the petition or application was lodged, and the court's decision is final. (4) In determining a petition or application under subsection (1), the Constitutional Court may---(a) declare a winner; (b) invalidate the election, in which case a fresh election must be held within sixty days after the determination; or (c) make any other order it considers just and appropriate. (5) If, in a petition or application under subsection (1)-(a) the Constitutional Court sets aside the election of a President, the election of the President's two Vice-Presidents is automatically nullified; (b) the Constitutional Court sets aside the election of either or both Vice-Presidents, the President must without delay appoint a qualified person or qualified persons, as the case may be, to be Vice-President or Vice-Presidents. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 37