Biti raises constitutional issues during trial

FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti’s trial for allegedly verbally assaulting a local businesswoman continued today with his defence team raising constitutional issues that were dismissed by the court.

Biti, who was being represented by Alec Muchadehama, accused the ruling  Zanu PF party, media and the Judiciary of conniving against him in the assault case.

The opposition politician once submitted the same facts during his application for referral to the Constitutional Court in the same matter and these were dismissed by the court, with prosecutor Michael Reza accusing him of unnecessarily delaying trial through frivolous applications.

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