Claim: EXPLAINER: Parliamentary Recalls - What role does the speaker play?
Fact-check: EXPLAINER: Parliamentary Recalls - What role does the speaker play? - FactCheckZW
Verdict: the courts have made it clear that a vacancy based on recalls happens once the political party of which an mp was a member at the time of the election has sent a written notice to the speaker of parliament or president of the senate. the vacancy is created by operation of the law, the moment two conditions are fulfilled: first, the cessation of an mp's membership of the sponsoring party and secondly, receipt of a written notice by the speaker or president of the senate. as the ccc recall court is set to go before the courts on 2 november 2023 following a case management meeting held before justice munamato mutevedzi on 17 october 2023, the key issues to note from previous court rulings are:
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2023-10-25T12:49:39