By Jane Mlambo| Mbizo legislator Settlement Chikwinya has announced that SI225 of 2020 which nullified by-elections until the COVID-19 is over has been declared unconstitutional by the Parliamentary Legal Committee.

Health and child care minister Constantino Chiwenga recently enacted Statutory Instrument 225 of 2020 effectively banning the impending by-elections to replace recalled MDC Alliance legislators.

Below is Honourable Chikwinya’s full message:

“The speaker of Parliament has just announced that SI 225A/2020 has been deemed unconstitutional by the Parliamentary Legal Committee. This is critical in that the SI is immediately struck off and had no force or effect. This means that ZEC remains challenges to set out dates for By Elections as per dictates of the Constitution. The cases challenging this SI which are now before the courts now have more than a bright chance to succeed if ever the gvt still wants to oppose which I do not see how.”