MDC Alliance’s Chegutu West losing parliamentary candidate
Gift Konjana has taken his Zanu PF rival Dexter Nduna to court challenging the
latter’s victory in elections held on July 30.
Konjana cited Nduna as the sole respondent in his petition
to the Electoral Court, leaving out the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).
Nduna confirmed receiving the petition recorded under case
number EC19/18. The petition follows Zec’s erroneous declaration of Nduna as
the winner of the constituency ahead of Konjana.
Konjana approached the court armed with a letter in which
Chegutu district elections officer Godfrey Masiri admitted to erroneously
declaring Nduna as the winner.
According to the constituency’s V23 form, the basis upon
which the declaration was made, Nduna won the seat by 10 932 votes ahead of
Konjana who garnered 10 828.
But the MDC Alliance candidate has alleged a tabulation
error occurred and prejudiced him of 120 votes, which he said were erroneously
awarded to Simon Kache of UCADPGPZ.
The legal challenge could add more problems for Zec, which
is currently seized with MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa presidential election
petition that is still to be decided by the Constitutional Court. Newsday
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