WASHINGTON DC —
Ikhomisihini ebona ngezokhetho ithi amapholisa lamasotsha ehluleke ukuvota kuhlelo lwe-special voting ngeSonto langoMvulo azavunyelwa ukuvota lozulu jikelele mhlaka 31 ngoNtulikazi.
Umgcinisihlalo weZimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) uNkosikazi Rita Makarau uthi bathethe lelinyathelo ngoba benanzelela ukuthi banengi abezomvikela abehluleke ukuvota ngenxa yokuxokozela okubekhona.
Ukwehluleka kweZEC ukuqhuba ukhetho lolu ngemfanelo kwenze inengi lathandabuza
ukuthi ikomishini le izakwenelisa ukuqhuba ukhetho lwezwelonke kuhle ekupheleni kwenyanga lapho okuzavota khona izigidi zabantu.
"Umsebenzi wokhetho ngumsebenzi omkhulu, bazama nje ukuthi bawuphanghisise ngenxa yesinqumo lesana esabakhona kodwa okusobala yikuthi kuzayinzimela iZEC," kutsho ingcwethi kwezombusazwe uMnu Dumisani Nkomo.
UNkomo uthi njengoba sekusobala ukuthi iZEC ayizilunguselelanga ngokugcweleyo ukuqhuba ukhetho, uhulumende kumele athathe amanyathelo kwenqatshelwe ingxabangxoza elakho ukubakhona kukhetho.
Umgcinisihlalo weZimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) uNkosikazi Rita Makarau uthi bathethe lelinyathelo ngoba benanzelela ukuthi banengi abezomvikela abehluleke ukuvota ngenxa yokuxokozela okubekhona.
Ukwehluleka kweZEC ukuqhuba ukhetho lolu ngemfanelo kwenze inengi lathandabuza
ukuthi ikomishini le izakwenelisa ukuqhuba ukhetho lwezwelonke kuhle ekupheleni kwenyanga lapho okuzavota khona izigidi zabantu.
"Umsebenzi wokhetho ngumsebenzi omkhulu, bazama nje ukuthi bawuphanghisise ngenxa yesinqumo lesana esabakhona kodwa okusobala yikuthi kuzayinzimela iZEC," kutsho ingcwethi kwezombusazwe uMnu Dumisani Nkomo.
UNkomo uthi njengoba sekusobala ukuthi iZEC ayizilunguselelanga ngokugcweleyo ukuqhuba ukhetho, uhulumende kumele athathe amanyathelo kwenqatshelwe ingxabangxoza elakho ukubakhona kukhetho.