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Munesu Chigada

Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South) – The Zimbabwean Constitutional Court has refused to grant voting rights to people living in the diaspora in a move at variance with a host of economic issues and a set back for the opposition.

In a ruling delivered by Justice Luke Malabo the Concourt ruled that the state is under no obligation to establish polling stations in foreign countries so as to enable diasporians the chance to vote.

Malaba, who succeeded Justice Chidyausiku last year, ruled that the right to vote was not absolute and limitations to the right were justified.

The ruling after a South African based haulage truck driver Tavengwa Bukaibenyu challenged the validity of section 23(3) of the Electoral Act in 2013.

The Act removes from the voters roll names of those who spend 12 consecutive months out of their constituencies alleging that in that period they have lost touch with events.

The ruling comes as a hard setback for the opposition who have calling for the inclusion of the diaspora vote for a long time.

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