Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dismisses applications brought by six liberation war veterans and former legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda seeking to halt President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Parliament from advancing Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3). The court rules that the cases are fatally defective and not properly before it, and therefore do not proceed for consideration on the merits. The matter is heard by a full Constitutional Court, according to the reports.
The applicants are seeking to prevent the constitutional amendment process linked to the bill. Following the dismissal, reporting indicates that the case may be pursued through the High Court, with a lawyer preparing to take the matter there. Across the sources, the central points remain consistent: the Constitutional Court does not grant the requested relief, it dismisses the challenge on procedural grounds related to the applications’ defects, and it allows the bill’s advancement to continue after the ruling. The reports do not provide details on the specific legal reasons beyond the overall conclusion that the applications are improperly before the court.
