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*MDC To Appeal High Court Ruling On Kambarami* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?dq The opposition MDC said that it will appeal the High Court ruling that nullified Tinashe Kambarami’s election as councillor for Ward 3 and Bulawayo deputy mayor. Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa last week reversed Kambarambi’s election on the basis that he was a convict. ---------- Latest Samsung Galaxy A05s available on Pindula: 128GB storage, 6GB RAM $148 USD WhatsApp +263715068543 Calls: 0716 744 619 Ruth, 0713 133 298 Leesa ---------- In a statement, MDC Bulawayo spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza said the Judge has no power to unseat a councillor. Said Chorowodza: > We are appealing to the Supreme Court. The court cannot assign itself the powers to unseat a sitting councillor because those powers are vested in a tribunal set up by the Minister of Local Government in terms of Section 278 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. > For a High Court judge to call such a strong constitutional argument ‘a legal nicety’ is a misdirection. The Constitution could not have been clearer in so far as the procedure to remove a sitting councillor is concerned. > … His worship, the deputy mayor of Bulawayo, councillor Tinashe Kambarami remains the elected people’s councillor. > His Worship, the deputy mayor of Bulawayo, councillor Kambarami will not be toppled by a litigant who is a mere simulacrum or sham device of the establishment. Kambarami’s election was challenged by political pressure group 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust. Justice Mabhikwa granted the pressure group’s request. *More: Newsday* _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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