By Staff Reporter
BUSINESSMAN and leader of opposition party, Free Zim Congress Joseph Makamba Busha has said presidential nomination fees for the upcoming general election must be reviewed upwards to avoid chancers.
Addressing a press conference in Harare, Monday, Busha said this will weed out chancers and only leave serious candidates.
“I believe that the nomination fees for councilors and members of parliament are exorbitant. I think for councilors and MPs it must be reduced into half but for the president I think they could put it to US$50 000 because we do not want people who want to play with Zimbabweans.
“I believe that if anybody wants to prove that they are ready enough to serve the nation,they must be able to give , leaders pay all the time, leaders pay through stress, sacrifice, so the fee directly for president I think is fair,I was actually advocating for more so that we do not have a bloated ballot paper,” Busha said.
Meanwhile the Constitutional Court last week ordered parliament to re-look and review the current nomination fees after some opposition political parties challenged them saying they were exorbitant.
The current fees are pegged on US$20 000 for presidential, US$1 000 for members of parliament and US$100 for senators and councilors.
Busha announced that he will be contesting for the second time in the pending general elections.
