“To solve the chaos around the nomination process, I made
two recommendations: to register political parties or give time limits on
electoral court challenges. This means the electoral court will not accept any
court challenges 30 days before election day.
“The problem in Zimbabwe, as part of the electoral law, is
that we have no legislation on the registration of political parties. What we
have are individuals notifying ZEC that they have established a political party
and requesting to be added to the database.”
“There is no political will to register political parties.
It is only at the Nomination Court where ZEC has an opportunity to legally
engage political parties. During the Nomination Court process, you find a lot
of chaos around the nomination procedure because this is where candidates
comply with laid-down procedures,” she told a joint induction workshop of the
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Thematic Committee on Human Rights
in Bulawayo.
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