Omunye wabazancintisa kukhetho lweby-election yokudinga umeli wePelandaba-Mpopoma edaleni lephalamande uMnu Job Sibanda, oncintisa engusimayedwa kulolukhetho lamuhla ukhweze isicelo emthethwandaba weElectoral Court sokuthi uMongameli Robert Mugabe abanjwe ngamandla ukwazisa ilanga lokhetho lwaleso sigaba.
UMnu Sibanda uthi wenze lokhu ngoba uMongameli Mugabe, kanye lenhlanganiso ebona ngokuqhutshwa kokhetho elizweni iZimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) bephule umthetho wezokhetho ngokungazisi ilanga lolukhetho oluzakwenziwa ngalo.
Phakathi kweElctoral Act ilanga leli kumele laziswe phakathi kwamaviki amabili ngemva kokuba sokwazakale okusemthethwni ukuthi omunye wabakade bezancintisa kumbe obevele emela lesosigaba kasekho.
Ukhetho lwePelandaba-Mpopoma kalusenziwanga mhlaka 29 Mbimbitho njengolunye ukhetho elizweni jikelele ngemva kokuba owayemela lesisigaba uMnu Milton gwetu, owayengowecele leMDC elikhokhelwa nguMnu Arthur Mutambara ebhubhile.
UMnu Sibanda uthi uMongameli Mugabe wayemele azise phakathi kwamaviki amabili sokuzwakele okusemthethweni ngemfa kaMnu Gwetu ukuthi ukhetho kulesisigaba luzakwenziwa nini. Ngalokhu, uMnu Sibanda utshele uNtungamili Nkomo weStudio 7 ukuthi yikho sedonsele uMongameli Mugabe leZEC emthethwandaba, esithi ufunwa ilanga lweby-election le yaziswe ukuthi izakubakhona nini ukuthi laye eqalise ukukhankasa.