{"id":107576,"date":"2023-09-06T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107576"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:27:15","slug":"shettima-qualification-disqualification-of-candidates-a-pre-election-matter-tribunal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/shettima-qualification-disqualification-of-candidates-a-pre-election-matter-tribunal\/","title":{"rendered":"Shettima: Qualification, disqualification of candidates a pre-election matter \u2013 Tribunal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1776287371053043453\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Petition Election Tribunal on Wednesday said the Allied Peoples Movement\u2019s petition challenging the qualification of Vice President, Kashim Shettima, was a pre-election matter.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reading his verdict, Tsammani said the matter ought to have been challenged before the conduct of the presidential election.He said, \u201cThe issue of qualification or disqualification is a constitutional one.<br \/>\nThe issue of disqualification or qualification is a pre-election matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must be determined before the conduct of the election. This court has no jurisdiction to hear the matter and even if it does it is status-barred because it is a pre-election matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Tsammani said the tribunal would deliver judgment on the APM\u2019s petition first.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Tsammani said judgements would be delivered separately on the petitions.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWe will deliver judgements on the petitions separately. The petition, number four will be treated first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The APM was challenging the qualification of the Vice president, Kashim Shettima\u00a0among\u00a0others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Petition Election Tribunal on Wednesday said the Allied Peoples Movement\u2019s petition challenging the qualification of Vice President, Kashim Shettima, was a&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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