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THE Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (Copac) has been dragged to court by a Bulawayo hotel which is demanding payment of an outstanding debt amounting to $31 916.
Bryggen Enterprises Private Limited trading as Greys Inn Hotel and Selborne Hotel reportedly hired out its premises to Copac delegates during the constitution outreach exercise and the bill accumulated to $185 856.
According to court documents, Copac paid part of the money leaving a balance of $31 916 prompting the hotel, represented by its general manager Mr Agriten Sibanda to approach the courts.
Mr Sibanda has made an urgent chamber application in a bid to recover the outstanding money.
The matter has not been set down for hearing but according to the application, Mr Sibanda said the urgent chamber application was prompted by the fact that Copac was reportedly being disbanded and feared the hotel would not be able to pursue the matter.
“Our claim before this court is going to be jeopardised by the end of the month if the relief we seek herein is not granted. We had made an application for a default judgment and now there are disturbing developments as we hear that the respondent will be winding up operations at the end of August. We heard that Copac has handed over some of its property like vehicles to other Government bodies such as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission,” said Mr Sibanda in his founding affidavit.
The urgent application was made through Phulu and Ncube Legal Practitioners.
Bryggen Enterprises seeks an order to be allowed to attach Copac property at its premises, Number 31 Lawson Avenue, Milton Park in Harare.
“The provisional order sought is that the Deputy Sheriff be authorised to enter premises of the respondent and attach, remove and keep any of the respondent’s property sufficient to satisfy this claim in the sum of $31 916 pending execution of the writ under Case Number HC/908/13,” reads part of the application.
The hotel said it feared Copac could hide its property to defeat the claim which would stand irrelevant once the committee winds up operations and is disbanded.
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