The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has gazetted the
appointment of Cde Esther Nyathi as Matabeleland South Proportional
Representative Member of the House of Assembly after Zanu PF nominated her to
replace Cde Alice Ndlovu who died in December last year.
The announcement was made by ZEC chairperson Justice
Priscilla Chigumba in a Government Gazette published last week.
“ZEC has gazetted the appointment of Esther Nyathi, the
nominee put forward by ZANU PF, as a party list/proportional representation
(women’s quota) member of the National Assembly. The appointment is in terms of
section 39(7)(a) of the Electoral Act and with effect from the 31st July 2020,”
reads the notice.
Justice Chigumba said Cde Nyoni was a registered voter in
Matabeleland South Province and fulfilled the requirement of the Electoral Act.
“It is hereby notified, in terms of section 39(7)(a) of the
Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13), that Esther Nyathi a registered voter in Ward 11
of Insiza Rural District Council of Ntute Primary School, P.O Box 113,
Filabusi, Insiza, Matabeleland South Province, who was nominated by Zimbabwe
African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) party to fill the vacancy in
the National Assembly Party list that occurred following the death of Alice
Ndlovu, has been appointed as Party list member of the National Assembly, with
effect from the date of publication of the notice.”
Cde Ndlovu, who was elected as MP during the 2018
harmonised elections died in December last year after succumbing to kidney
failure.
She was 63.
The appointment of Cde Nyathi come as ZEC has also declared
15 seats in the National Assembly and Senate vacant after the MDC-T recalled
some of its legislators.
In a gazetted notice recently, Justice Chigumba said ZEC
had been formally notified by Parliament of the 15 vacancies.
Senators elected on the party lists and the extra women
Members in the National Assembly elected by proportional representation are
chosen by political parties in proportion to the votes received by their
candidates in the constituency elections to the National Assembly.
If one of these seats falls vacant the original party
nominates the successor. Herald
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