Court ruling on independent candidates overturned

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A panel of three judges of the High Court, Amir Manento, Salum Massati and Thomas Mihayo changed the law that barred independent candidates

The legal professionals were consulted by the Appeals Court to give advice whether the High Court could announce or annul any constitutional section, whereby they agreed with the government’s argument that the High Court had no legal mandate of annulling a constitutional article. “In this case, we decide that the issue of an independent contestant must be made by Parliament that has a legal mandate of amending the constitution, but not courts which have the legal mandate,” ordered the Appeals Court. “All said and done, it is obvious that we cannot legally order that an independent contestant is allowed to vie for a political leadership position. That is the area of the Parliament administration to emend the Constitution in accordance with its section 98 (1),” said the Appeals Court.

Court ruling on independent candidates overturned

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