By Staff Reporter
THE High Court has barred former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting the 2023 general elections.
Kasukuwere who is contesting as an independent candidate had his name confirmed by the nomination court which sat on the 21st of June.
Zanu PF activist Lovedale Mangwana challenged his candidature saying he violated the constitution and the electoral law by filing his name for nomination.
Speaking to journalists on the ruling, Mangwana’s lawyer Lewis Uriri said: “The law is that if you are ordinarily not a resident in Zimbabwe for 18 months then you are said to have ceased to be a registered voter.
“So Mr Kasukuwere ceased by operation of law to be a registered voter and consequently ceased to be qualified to run for or to occupy the office of the President of Zimbabwe.
“So the court has declared acceptance of his nomination by the nomination court sitting at Harare was invalid and consequently he cannot run for the office of the President.”
Kasukuwere who wanted to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a former Zanu PF political commissar and member of a factional G40 group.
He considers himself a victim of the 2017 coup that pushed Robert Mugabe out of power.
