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Uproar over constitutional Bill
02 Apr 2013 at 05:38hrs | Views
Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga torched a storm over the weekend as it emerged that changes were made to the draft constitution which was gazetted last week.
Legally no changes should be made to the draft and Matinenga is on record confirming this.
Where any changes are countenanced, they can only be effected during the first reading of the Constitutional Bill in Parliament.
What raised eyebrows is the fact that the surreptitious changes dovetail with Matinenga's party agenda to defer harmonised elections to way after the demise of Parliament which is midnight, June 29.
Among the scandalous changes were amendments to Schedule Six Part 2 of the Constitutional Bill which relates to the holding of Parliamentary elections following the expiry of the current Parliament.
Legally no changes should be made to the draft and Matinenga is on record confirming this.
Where any changes are countenanced, they can only be effected during the first reading of the Constitutional Bill in Parliament.
What raised eyebrows is the fact that the surreptitious changes dovetail with Matinenga's party agenda to defer harmonised elections to way after the demise of Parliament which is midnight, June 29.
Among the scandalous changes were amendments to Schedule Six Part 2 of the Constitutional Bill which relates to the holding of Parliamentary elections following the expiry of the current Parliament.
Source - TH
