HARARE - Idale leConstitutional Court lalile namuhla ukuthonisa udaba lwebandla leMDC-T ebelifuna ukuba kulahlwe imingcele yokuvota eyadwetshwa nyakenye yiZimbabwe Electoral Commission kubesokumiswa ukhetho olukhulu oluzakwenziwa lonyaka.
Umahluleli omkhulu uChief Justice Luke Malaba, obelabahluleli abayisikhombisa, uthe bakubone kulungile ukuba batshiyane lodaba lolu ngoba incwadi zika Mnu. Douglas Mwonzora, okhokhela iMDC-T, bezingalotshwanga ngemfanelo. UMalaba uthe uzakupha izizatho zakhe ngesikhathi esilandelayo.
Igqwetha lika Mwonzora, uSikhwicamfundo Lovemore Madhuku, uthi basahlolisisa okwethulwe ngumthethwandaba.
UMadhuku uthe bazaludlulisela phambili udaba lwabo.
UMnu. Witness Dube, obona ngokwethulwa kwemibiko kubandla leMDC-T, uchasisa ngokuphume emthethwandaba.
UMwonzora uthi ikhomitshini ebona ngokhetho kayenzanga umsebenzi wayo ngemfanelo ekuphawulweni kwemingcele ezasetshenziwa ngesikhathi kusenziwa ukhetho lokudinga abameli bedale lephalamende, amakhansili lomongamemeli. Ubefuna ukuba iZEC idwebe kutsha imingcele yokuvota. Kusenjalo, idale leli lingakathathi isinqumo lesi, lalile njalo ukuba igqwetha elilwela ilungelo loluntu, uMnu. Jeremiah Bamu, akhweze udaba lwakhe njengomngane womthethwandaba ngoba uBamu njenge gqwetha bekumele azimele. UBamu ubecela idale ukuba lenze isinqumo esokuthi ukhetho oluzayo kumele luqhubekele phambili njengalokho okumunyethwe yisisekelo sombuso welizwe. Igqwetha lika Bamu, uMnu. Wilbert Mandinde, uthe okwethulwe lidale leli kudaba luka Bamu kulakho ukuhlupha nxa omunye umuntu efisa ukuya emthethwandaba.
Kolunye udaba, umlobi olodumo, uTsitsi Dangarembga, namuhla uphumelele kusicelo sakhe sokuba kwesulwe isigwebo sakhe kucala lokutshotshozela udlakela ngemva kokubotshela ukutshengisela emigwaqweni akwenza ngokuthula ngomnyaka ka2020.
Idale leHigh Court lithi kwaba lokuphazamiseka ekugwetshweni kwakhe njalo lizakwethula isizatho salo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Igqwetha lika Dangarembga, uMnu. Harrison Nkomo, utshele intathelizindaba ukuba kusobala ukuba uDangarembga wayevele engelacala.