Presidential candidates win in court over high nomination fees in Zimbabwe

Presidential candidates win in court over high nomination fees in Zimbabwe

Constitutional Court rejects exorbitant fees ahead of elections

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court handed down a verdict Friday against exorbitant nomination fees for candidates that are seeking to compete in the August general elections.

Nomination fees went up to $20,000 for presidential candidates and $1,000 for parliamentary candidates, following the publishing of Statutory Instrument 144 of 2022.

Devine Mhambi Hove, an aspiring presidential contender, who heads the Nationalists Alliance Party (NAP), argued before the court that nomination fees were too high.

After the verdict, Hove’s lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku, briefed journalists and blamed parliament for leaving candidates at the mercy of the exorbitant nomination fees.

“Parliament is in breach of the Constitution by not having done its obligation to challenge the nomination fees. Parliament had not looked at Statutory Instruments on nomination fees. Under the Constitution, parliament must look at every Statutory Instrument whether or not it is consistent with the Constitution,” said Madhuku.

A panel of seven judges gave parliament until June 16 to review the candidates’ nomination fees before the nomination court sits June 21.

“It’s a victory for my client because all that he wants is a situation where those nomination fees are seen as what they are to the Constitution, and no reasonable parliament will pass them,” said Madhuku.


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