LUPANE - Villagers in Lupane North Constituency in Matabeleland North have filed an application in the High Court in Bulawayo, compelling the newly commissioned Zimbabwe Electrical Commission (ZEC) to call for a by election in the constituency within the next 30 days.
The Lupane North parliamentary seat fell vacant last year when the former member of parliament for the area, Njabuliso Mguni, along side two other members of parliament, were sacked from the MDC-M party for allegedly denouncing the partys leadership. The other two sacked former MPs are Abhedenico Bhebhe (Khayi South) and Norman Mpofu (Bulila North). A lawyer representing the villagers, Charles Ncube of Ncube and Nzirayapenga legal partners, told The Zimbabwean that they filed the application in the High Court last week.
We have been instructed by our clients to file the application to compel the first respondent to organize and fix dates for a by election in Lupane North. Our clients have been unfairly denied representation in the house of assembly for a long time. Some of the decisions which have been made in the August house have directly or indirectly affected our clients, said Ncube.
ZEC has 30 working days to respond to the application. The three sacked former MPs have already indicated their dire to contest the by elections as independent candidates. They have already launched their campaigns in the constituencies. Under the GPA, Zanu (PF), MDC T and MDCM, who are signatories to the agreement, are not supposed to contest each other in by-elections.
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