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ZANU PF Mabvuku-Tafara candidate Scott Sakupwanya has walked “Scot” free into parliament after the High Court barred Citizen Coalition for Change candidate Munyaradzi Fibion Kufahakutizwi from the race.
The Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) has since confirmed Sakupwanya’s candidature and that there is no longer going to be a by-election tomorrow.
The ban came after High Court Judge Justice Never Katiyo ruled in favour of Tshabangu meaning that all the CCC candidates seconded by party president Nelson Chamisa have to be removed from the ballot papers following the unfamiliar recalls by Tshabangu.
The statement from ZEC read, “Further to the press release issued by the Commission on 07 November 2023, it is hereby notified that the candidature of Kufahakutizwi Febion Munyaradzi of CCC was also set aside by the High Court Order in the matter HCH753/23.
Since there were only two candidates nominated for the Mabvuku-Tafara National Assembly constituency by-election, Sakupanywa Pedzai of ZANU (PF) is the sole candidate that was duly nominated, hence there will be no by-election in that Constituency on 09 December 2023.
Constituently, the public is hereby notified that Sakupwanya Pedzai of ZANU (PF) has been duly elected member of the National Assembly for Mabvuku-Tafara Constituency with effect from 9 December 2023.”
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