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The Supreme Court on September 5 rendered an abridged decision on the consolidated presidential election petitions, following it up later with an elaborated version after 21 days.
The decision by the Supreme Court, as a consequence of its constitutional placing as the highest court in the land and by virtue of the fact that its decisions bind all other courts, will have effect on electoral processes and its ripple consequences will be felt in the entire justice system.
The commentary on the judgment are being made and will continue to be made. Public commentary is important as it is an important capacity of civic engagement. Public commentary is important for the reason that citizens are able to scrutinise and hold offices to account, including offices in the Judiciary. It has emerged in social media commentary and public discourse that the public was not impressed by the Supreme Court in terms of the language it employed in sections of its judgment.
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