Innocent Gonese & Jessie Majome v President of Zimbabwe & Parliament of Zimbabwe & Minister of Local Government and Public Works and National Housing N.O.

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether Parliament and the President failed to fulfil constitutional obligations by not gazetting the amended Bill fourteen days before introduction","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Two versions of Bill, replacement of original text with new text"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the Parliamentary Legal Committee properly examined the Bill with collective knowledge of all members","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Only three of five members attended final meeting, WhatsApp notice given"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether Parliament complied with constitutional requirement for public participation in legislative process","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Petition alleging violent intimidation, promised investigation not conducted"}

Background