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ZIMBABWE DEVELOPMENT PARTY & ANOR v THE PRESIDENT & ORS 2018 (1) ZLR 485 (CC)

2018 (1) ZLR p485

Citation

2018 (1) ZLR 485 (CC)

Case No

Judgment No. CC-3-18

Court

Constitutional Court, Harare

Judge

Malaba CJ

Heard

20 March 2018

Judgment

28 May 2018

Counsel

K Mukwazhe, leader of the first applicant (a political party)
M Chimombe, for the first respondent
A Demo, for the second respondent
T M Kanengoni, for the third respondent

Case Type

Chamber application

Annotations

Flynote

Constitutional law – Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 – Constitutional Court – right of access to – when party entitled to approach Constitutional Court directly – right governed by Constitutional Court Rules 2016 and procedures provided therein

Constitutional law – Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 – elections – proclamation of elections by the President – Constitutional Court having no power to bar such proclamation

Constitutional law – Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 – elections – right of political party to receive public funding – no right other than as set out in Political Parties Finance Act [Chapter 2:11] – Act not ultra vires Constitution

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