Editor
Zimbabwe will go for elections on August 23, President Mnangagwa announced in a gazette.
In the Proclamation, President Mnangagwa has also set the October 2 as the date for a run–off for the election of the office of the President in the event such an election becomes necessary. Nomination day, when candidates are registered to stand in the election, will be on June 21.
This is in terms of Section 38(1)(a)(iii) of the Electoral Act.
“NOW, THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the powers vested in the President as aforesaid, I do, by this proclamation— (a) in relation to the election to the office of President referred to in section 92(1) of the Constitution, determine that a nomination court shall sit on the 21st day of June 2023, commencing at 10 o’clock in the morning, in the High Court, Court A, Mapondera Building, Samora Machel Avenue, Harare; and (b) in relation to the election of the two hundred and ten members of the National Assembly referred to in section 124(1)(a) of the Constitution determine that a nomination court shall sit on the 21st day of June 2023, commencing at 10 o’clock in the morning….
“…fix the 23rd day of August 2023, as the day of the election to the office of President, the election of members of the National Assembly and the election of councillors, that is to say, as the day on which a poll shall be taken if a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 46(17)(c) or 125(4)(b) of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13] for the election to the office of President or any such members of the National Assembly or councillors; and (e) fix the 2nd day of October, 2023, as the day of the runoff election to the office of President, that is to say as the day on which a poll shall be taken if such a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 38(1)(a)(iii) of the Electoral Act; and…,” reads part of the communique.
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