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New constitution delays should not delay holding of polls: Prof Moyo
09 Mar 2012 at 14:02hrs | Views
Professor Jonathan Moyo has told the state controlled Zbc that delays by COPAC in coming up with a new constitution should not delay the holding of elections in the country.
Moyo says 80% of the views contained in the new draft are the same as what is in the current constitution.
He said Zimbabwe is not in a constitutional crisis as the current one which has been amended 19 times after Lancaster house, is a perfect document which can carry the country through elections.
Moyo said according to the existing constitution and the Global Political Agreement, Mugabe has all the mandate to call for elections when he deems it fit.
Meanwhile a Zimbabwean political scientist, Ibbo Mandaza, this week said there was no way elections would be held this year in the absence of a new constitution and the necessary reforms.
MDC-T secretary general, Tendai Biti has been quoted saying "how can someone seriously think about investing in a presidential candidate who is 88 years old?"
Moyo says 80% of the views contained in the new draft are the same as what is in the current constitution.
He said Zimbabwe is not in a constitutional crisis as the current one which has been amended 19 times after Lancaster house, is a perfect document which can carry the country through elections.
Meanwhile a Zimbabwean political scientist, Ibbo Mandaza, this week said there was no way elections would be held this year in the absence of a new constitution and the necessary reforms.
MDC-T secretary general, Tendai Biti has been quoted saying "how can someone seriously think about investing in a presidential candidate who is 88 years old?"
Source - Byo24News
