In early October a letter penned by a man named Sengezo Tshabangu, claiming to be interim secretary general of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party, claimed the 15 lawmakers had ceased to be party members.
A court rejected on Saturday the appeal by 14 opposition lawmakers in Zimbabwe claiming an impostor posing as a party official had them disqualified by parliament.
As a result, the ruling ZANU-PF party, which won a disputed election in August, could gain the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution. But the electoral commission received a letter from parliamentary speaker Jacob Mudenda, of ZANU-PF, declaring the seats vacant.
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