THE APPLICATION BEFORE THE COURT [25] The stated grounds for the Defendants’ applications are that:  I. The first and eighth Defendants have no capacities that are amenable to suit and further they cannot be sued in their official capacities. ii. The claim form is defective in that it fails to set out briefly the nature of the claim. Iii. No cause of action is pleaded against the third to the eighth Defendants; iv. Further or alternatively, the allegations pleaded against the members of the Electoral Commission are misconceived and are an abuse of process. v. No cause of action alleging a constitutional infringement has been pleaded or disclosed. vi. Paragraph 2 from the 3rd sentence, paragraphs 3, 4, 5,second 5,6,7,9.10 and 11, of the affidavit in support of the claim are irrelevant to the matters that the court is asked to determine. They are frivolous, scandalous and embarrassing and should be struck out.  vii. The claim fails to disclose relevant material facts and therefore discloses no reasonable cause of action. viii. Is and constitutes an abuse of the process of the court. ix. The allegations are misconceived, disclose no cause of action and are an abuse of process in that: a. The Claimant seeks determinations and declarations against the Speaker of the House in a capacity that is not amenable to suit. b. Paragraph 29 of the affidavit sworn in support of the notice of motion should be struck off in part or in the whole because:   7

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