via BREAKING NEWS: Electoral Court orders arrest of Tsvangirai lawyers | The Herald Herald Reporter
Justice Chinembiri Bhunu has ordered the arrest of lawyers representing Mr Morgan Tsvangirai after the Electoral Court dismissed the MDC-T leader’s application which sought to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release of election material used in the 2013 harmonised election.
The arrests will be for the “averments” made by the MDC-T leader against the judiciary.
Mr Tsvangirai was represented by Advocate Lewis Uriri as lead counsel and Mr Chris Mhike of Atherstone and Cook was the instructing attorney.
The MDC-T was reported to have said Zimbabwe’s judiciary was an appendage of Zanu-PF and hence his efforts to quash the victory of President Mugabe would, in his view, hit a brickwall.
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Lets here it from you Zanu Pf apologists what do you have to say about this?
Excuse my spelling
Zimbabwe’s judiciary was (IS) an appendage of Zanu-PF. FACT, NOT FICTION. Therefore arrest Justice (joke) Chinembiri Bhunu.
The judges in Zimbabwe are just as petulant and thin skinned as Mugabe.
This is a well know fact that the Zimbabwe courts belong to Mugabe. Asi zvichapera chete. Chisingaperi chinoshura.
@Sikalazo, I totally agree with you. And that time is approaching fast. Zvinopera chete.
This Chinembiri servant of Gushungo is too deceitful. He is one big joke. He is also an embarrassment to the law profession. Kutonga kwana Chinembiri kuno nzisa Tsitsi. Ahh veduwee!
This confirms it all. There is no judiciary system to talk of here. They are Mugabe’s henchmen to drive is agenda. What a shame to the Zim judiciary system. Hamusvodi ana Chinembiri, endai munorisa mombe dzaMugabe. Munonyadzisa.
AGAIN THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE IN A LAWLESS COUNTRY LIKE ZIMBABWE WHERE JUDGES ARE MUGABE’S PUPPETS. WORSE WILL COME.
tapera, you dont know what lawless refers to. go around africa and come back to zimbabwe,mayb you would hav an understanding of lawless
@Knowthetruth, I think it’s not a question of using other poor judiciary systems in Africa as a benchmark and think we are better off. We should thrive to do the best in a transparent way, and so comparison is misplaced here. The question is are we performimg over the top in all fairness. Some of this calls for common sense yet it’s not at all that common as common sense has become a rare commodity among the judiciary system in Zim.
Knowthetruth you are a brainwashed zanupf idiot.
I am tired of people looking at other countries and justifying our situation as good because those other countries are worse than us. Lets have set stardards as benchmarks not conditions in other African countries. Better than worse is not necessarily good
Late Chief Tangwena when asked about what to do with Ian Smith he said “faka gamatocs” I feel the same should be meted on Mugabe and all ZANU PF appendages and apologetics.
limelight, do you even have a vision for your life… get a life first before insulting leaders. like it or not they r still leaders,and your ignorance wont stop them from leading
That may be so – but it is equally true that it’s your sort of ignorance keeps them leading.
So, Knowthetruth, where do these leaders get theirmmandate from if they cannot be criticized by those who pay their salaries – the ordinary people?
So, Knowthetruth, where do these leaders get their mandate from if they cannot be criticized by those who pay their salaries – the ordinary people?
this is sick he must die once!
What does the law say? Are attorneys allowed to criticize judges? If yes, then this Bhunu dude is abusing his powers.
It should be noted that lawyers are also officers of the same court they’re criticizing. I have a feeling that these lawyers will end up being censored by the their peers. Just saying…I am not a lawyer, just using common sense.
Common sense does not exist in Zimbabwe. It is an illegal mode of thought!
and then we say there is rule of law in Zimbabwe when the highest court in the country do such actions…
This is a clear case of a judiciary system that has literally gone to the dogs. Do chidyausiku and bhunu have any sense of shame and embarrassment? If they do have, then they will hang their heads in shame each time they move in the streets of hre. The court system has been reduced to a circus. For the first time in my life i feel ashamed of being a zimbabwean. Above all, i feel ashamed of being a blackman. With this kind of mentality displayed by our so-called judges , sadc, and au, africa will forever remain the historical dark continent.
hey hey Guys, you seem to be so blinkered and engrossed in this Mugabe bashing syndrome. In this case MDC lawyers and MDC have not done the right thing, they are wrong. They may have a point but thats not how to put it across, They(MDC lawyerss including MDC) are wrong period!!
YOU CANT CRITICISE THE GOOD GODS!
IN AFRICA,YOU CANT CRITICISE THE GOOD GODS!
I think every revolution comes with arrests
mutakura do you think that you are more clever and understand more than Africa,Sadc and theAU.If you know the law as you claim to be then you should be aware that it is an offence to criticise the court and judges so do not show your ignorance by claiming to know better than anybody else
Chidyausiku, as a high court judge, criticized the then chief justice, Gubby, and he was rewarded by being made the chief justice. I do not remember anyone ordering his arrest, Talk of hypocrisy!
Why order the arrest of the lawyers for utterances attributed to the MDC-T? In any case, it’s not as if those utterances are false, who doesn’t know that those judges are infact, Zanu PF judges?
As if stealing elections was not enough, now the dogs are rigging the law! What else is now left to rig?
Law has been rigged since at least 1985 hence he is still in office stealing plundering murdering…
Lots of people have short memories, do you remember what catapulted Chidyausiku to the Chief Justice position? “Criticizing the then Chief Justice Gubby when he, Chidyausika was a mere high court judge”. There is no question that most of judges in Zim today are there to serve the interest of ZANU and Mugabe. They are told of what outcome they should give in cases involving Mugabe and ZANU. The issue here is: Do they have conscience, integrity, and most importantly value themselves as people who can make a difference in the lives of 13 plus million Zimbabweans? Do they sleep at night after sacrificing 13 plus million people to safeguard the interest of a clique?
Iyi ndiyo Comedy manje !!
Another SHOCK!!!! First the court declares elections legit and then orders the arrest of the lawyers. What an imaginative bunch.
The Zimbabwean Judiciary system is a joke , its actual a disgrace. How can a serious institution like the Electoral court be handled by myopic individual like Chinembiri Bhunu.Please someone enlighten me if someone takes a civil case to court and withdraws what business of the court to continue with the case.Chidyausiku and your courts munonyadzisa.
Its very bad & embarrassing kunhongera bofu Muriwo uchiti harione ,but the mighty God vanenge vachiona zvavo
But guys lets say the truth ,how many petitions had Mdc filed &among those petitions how many had it won
This is wat we call total madness,does Chidyausiku an Chinembiri Bhunu knows that wateva there doing today is going to come back @ them in the near future?If they ddn’t know that then they must know frm today onwards,this ditch they ar digging myt b their grave an just to know,the world is a circle,wateva u do will come back in a circle.Beware of the signs of times coz we ar nw living inna serious times.