HARARE - Amagqwetha azimeleyo athi eleZimbabwe lilakho ukusebenzisa imingcele eyasetshenziswa ngokhetho olwenziwa ngomnyaka ka2018 uma umthethwandaba ungalandela kahle isisekelo sombuso welizwe ekuhlolisiseni isinqumo esisanda kuthathwa ngumthethwandaba esithi kulomfutho okwethulwe libandla leMDC-T elithi iZimbabwe Electoral Commission kayidwebanga ngemfanelo imingcele emitsha yokuvota kukhetho oluzayo.
Umthethwandaba usanda kwethula isinqumo sokuthi udaba oluphanyekwe libandla leMDC-T, elikhokhelwa nguMnu. Douglas Mwonzora, lokunqunywa kwemingcele kanye lokuchazwa yiSigaba 161 sombuso welizwe mayelana lomehluko we-20% phakathi kwezigaba kanye laphakathi kwamawadi, kumele luthoniswe ngabo mahluli abapheleleyo emthethwandaba. Igqwetha elizimeleyo, uMnu. Elish Gumbo, ukhuluma kabanzi ngodaba lolu.
“I-Constitution yethu ikhuluma ngendaba ye-Delimitation Report ngoba i-Delimitation Report nxa itshalenjiwe njengalokho ukutshalenjwa okwenzakeleyo, kuzaba lokuphuza kokwenziwa kwama-Elections eZimbabwe.”
Elinye njalo igqwetha elizimeleyo, uMnu. Nqobani Sithole, uthi ikabili lindaba ekhwezwe nguMwonzora eyokuphikisa iDelimitation Report, eyethulelwa uzulu lonyaka yikhomishini yeZimbabwe Electoral Commission, uMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa ledale lephalamende.
“I-Constitutional Court ingathi iDelimitation report yona leyo eyenziweyo, egazithiweyo nguPresident owelizwe, yiyo iDelimitation report ezasetshenziswa. Lokho kuyabe sekunqabela ukuthi abanye abangazama ukuvusa amehlo, ngoba ivele ilama-problems ayo, bengatholi ithuba, isikhathi sokuthi baye ekantolo ngoba iConstitutional Court iyabe isinqumile ku-issue yona leyo.”
USithole uthi kungacina sekusetshenziswa imingcele eyasetshenziswa kukhetho olwenziwa ngomnyaka ka2018.
“I-application leyi ayiso application eyokuthi ungacabanga ukuthi yi-application nje ngoba iyi-application. Ingabe ilokunye nje okutshaya amanzi okufuna ukulungisiswa. In my view, iConstitutional Court izathi yona iDelimitation report leyo egazethiweyo yiyo iDelimitation report ezosetshenziswa, siyabe sesivalelwe phandle, akulanto esingayenza, yiyo eyabe isizasetshenziswa.”
Kodwa uMnu. Tawanda Kanengoni, igqwetha ebelimele iZEC edabeni lolu, uthi akuqedakali okufunwa nguMwonzora lebandla lakhe kuloludaba. Isesekelo sombuso welizwe sikubeka sobala ukuba uma kungaqhutshwanga kahle ukudwetshwa kwemingcele yokuvota kumele kusetshenziswe leyo ayayikhona ngokhetho lokucina.