HARARE —
Ikhomisihi ebona ngezokhetho eye Zimbabwe Electoral Commission-ZEC, ithi izimisele ukuqhuba ukhetho umhlaka 31 Ntulikazi engakedluli nxa umongameli welizwe angathi kalwenziwe.
Umgcinisihlalo we ZEC uJustice Rita Makarau utshele umhlangano lentathelizindaba e Harare ngoLwesibili ukuba uma uMongameli Robert Mugabe engazisa ukuba lelilanga yilo elenziwa ngalo ukhetho inhlanganiso yakhe izimisele ukulandela leso siqondiso.
Idale laphezulu ele Constitutional Court lethule isinqumo ngeviki esanda kwedlula ukuba uMugabe kumele ahlele ilanga lokhetho njalo lwenziwe umhlaka 31 Ntulikazi engakedluli.
I-ZEC ikhangelelwe ukusungula njalo uhlelo lokubhalisa abantu kakutsha abafuna ukuvota kukhetho oluzayo kunye lokufundisa uzulu ngodaba lokuvota:
Phakathi kwelanga lokwaziswa ngelanga lokhetho ngumongameli kuzamele kwedlule amalanga alitshumi lane-14, kungakabhaliswa abazancintisa kukhetho kuphinde kwedlule amalanga angamatshumi amathathu kusiya angafika kwangamatshumi amane lanye-41 phakathi kwelanga lokubhalisa kwabancitisayo lelanga lokhetho.
Ele Zimbabwe likhangelane lokhetho oluzamele lwenziwe inyanga ka Ntulikazi ingakedluli noma nje kulokukhonona okukhulu kwamabandla aphikisayo lenhlanganiso ezizimeleyo ezifuna ukuba kugcwaliswe iziqondiso sezivumelwano sokubunjwa kukahulumende womanyano ezasala zilenga andubana kuqhutshwe ukhetho.
Umgcinisihlalo we ZEC uJustice Rita Makarau utshele umhlangano lentathelizindaba e Harare ngoLwesibili ukuba uma uMongameli Robert Mugabe engazisa ukuba lelilanga yilo elenziwa ngalo ukhetho inhlanganiso yakhe izimisele ukulandela leso siqondiso.
Idale laphezulu ele Constitutional Court lethule isinqumo ngeviki esanda kwedlula ukuba uMugabe kumele ahlele ilanga lokhetho njalo lwenziwe umhlaka 31 Ntulikazi engakedluli.
I-ZEC ikhangelelwe ukusungula njalo uhlelo lokubhalisa abantu kakutsha abafuna ukuvota kukhetho oluzayo kunye lokufundisa uzulu ngodaba lokuvota:
Phakathi kwelanga lokwaziswa ngelanga lokhetho ngumongameli kuzamele kwedlule amalanga alitshumi lane-14, kungakabhaliswa abazancintisa kukhetho kuphinde kwedlule amalanga angamatshumi amathathu kusiya angafika kwangamatshumi amane lanye-41 phakathi kwelanga lokubhalisa kwabancitisayo lelanga lokhetho.
Ele Zimbabwe likhangelane lokhetho oluzamele lwenziwe inyanga ka Ntulikazi ingakedluli noma nje kulokukhonona okukhulu kwamabandla aphikisayo lenhlanganiso ezizimeleyo ezifuna ukuba kugcwaliswe iziqondiso sezivumelwano sokubunjwa kukahulumende womanyano ezasala zilenga andubana kuqhutshwe ukhetho.
