MOYO & ORS v ZVOMA NO & ANOR 2010 (1) ZLR 178 (H)

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Constitutional law — Parliament — Speaker — election of — procedure — requirement for secret ballot — meaning of "secret ballot" — display by small number of members of their voting papers after having cast their votes in secret — not a reason to vitiate election

Practice and procedure — parties — joinder — non-joinder of possibly relevant parties — determination of issues not directly affecting their rights and interests — court's discretion to allow matter to proceed without joining them

Practice and procedure — parties — locus standi — members of Parliament challenging election of Speaker — such members having direct interest in outcome of election and thus having locus standi

Review — domestic remedies — exhaustion of before bringing matter on review — members of Parliament challenging election of Speaker — no procedure in Standing Orders of Parliament allowing for formal objections during election of Speaker — members entitled to approach court for relief