The government on Friday tabled the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) delimitation report before the National Assembly for consideration.
The report will determine the composition of the country’s wards and constituencies in the general elections to be held later this year.
Some legislators attended the sitting in person to discuss the tabled report while others attended the sitting virtually.
The report was tabled in the National Assembly by Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi. He said:
I rise to move that whereas Section 161 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe states that once every ten years on a date or within a period fixed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission so as to fall as soon as possible after a population census, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must conduct a delimitation of electoral boundaries into which Zimbabwe is divided.
And Whereas ZEC commenced the delimitation process in June 2022 and submitted its preliminary report to His Excellency, Cde. Dr. E. D. Mnangagwa on 26th December, 2022; and whereas Section 161 (7) (c) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (2013), states that the President must cause the preliminary report to be laid before Parliament within seven days, for Parliament consideration and referral of any issues to His Excellency, Cde. Dr. E. D. Mnangagwa for ZEC’s consideration.
Now, therefore, I, the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, do hereby lay the ZEC Preliminary report before the National Assembly for consideration.
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