by Staff Reporter

The purported notices of opposition filed by some fringe opposition leaders who participated as presidential hopefuls in the 30 July harmonized election were dismissed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba, who argued that the Constitution only gives respondents space to oppose an application.

Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ) leader, Elton Mangoma, who participated under the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) ticket, Build Zimbabwe Alliance leader, Noah Manyika and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) leader Daniel Shumba are the opposition leaders who attempted to sneak their evidence.

Chief Justice Malaba said that those supporting the applicant needed to have filed their own presidential election challenge with the court.

This means that any evidence that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa wanted to rely on and was not served on all respondents, including Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), will now be inadmissible.

Interestingly, Mangoma was only in opposition of a relief sort by Nelson Chamisa to have the Constitutional Court to over-turn President-elect, Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory and the declare applicant the winner without a full independent audit by independent qualified auditors.

The lawyers of Manyika and Shumba were at pains to convince the court that their clients had not unprocedurally attempted to smuggle in fresh allegations.