WASHINGTON DC —
Ikomishini ebona ngezokhetho sicele umthethwandaba ukuthi uvumele abezomvikela abehluleke ukuvota kukhetho lwespecial voting kumalanga edluleyo ukuthi bavunyelwe ukuvota lozulu jikelele ngeviki ezayo.
IZimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) ikhweze isicelo lesi edale leConstitutionanl Court ngoLwesithathu.
Umthetho weElectoral Act wona uthi ababhalisele ukuvota kuhlelo lwespecial voting kabamelanga bavunyelwe ukuvota njalo lozulu.
Umahluli uChief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku uthe umthethwandaba uzakwethula isinqumo phezu kwaloludaba ngoLwesihlanu.
Abasola isicelo seZEC lesi bathi idale lingakuvumela lokhu, amapholisa lamasotsha avote kumaviki amabili edluleyo alakho ukuvota futhi okwesibili.
Igqwetha uMnu Matshobana Ncube, yena oncintisa edinga ukumela iNkulumane edale lephalamende elilunga leMDC ekhokhelwa nguMnu Welshman Ncube uthe unakanela ukuthi iZEC ilenjongo engalunganga.
"Umthetho awukuvumi khonokho, njalo umthethwandaba vele awumelanga ukuvumele," kutsho uMnu Matshobana. "Yikuxhwala okwenziwa yiZEC lokhu."
IZimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) ikhweze isicelo lesi edale leConstitutionanl Court ngoLwesithathu.
Umthetho weElectoral Act wona uthi ababhalisele ukuvota kuhlelo lwespecial voting kabamelanga bavunyelwe ukuvota njalo lozulu.
Umahluli uChief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku uthe umthethwandaba uzakwethula isinqumo phezu kwaloludaba ngoLwesihlanu.
Abasola isicelo seZEC lesi bathi idale lingakuvumela lokhu, amapholisa lamasotsha avote kumaviki amabili edluleyo alakho ukuvota futhi okwesibili.
Igqwetha uMnu Matshobana Ncube, yena oncintisa edinga ukumela iNkulumane edale lephalamende elilunga leMDC ekhokhelwa nguMnu Welshman Ncube uthe unakanela ukuthi iZEC ilenjongo engalunganga.
"Umthetho awukuvumi khonokho, njalo umthethwandaba vele awumelanga ukuvumele," kutsho uMnu Matshobana. "Yikuxhwala okwenziwa yiZEC lokhu."