Zim Now Writer
Parliament has established up an ad hoc committee to consider the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission preliminary delimitation report.
Delimitation is a process carried out in terms of sections 160 and 161 of the Constitution and section 37A of the Electoral Act.
The proposed members of the ad hoc committee are Pupurai Togarepi, Dexter Nduna, Kenneth Musanhi, Tsitsi Muzenda, Chido Madiwa, David Parirenyatwa, Musa Ncube, Cuthbert Mpame, Chief Siatabwa Siansali, Prince Sibanda, David Tekeshe, Douglas Mwonzora and Anele Ndebele, according to a memo dated December 29 written by Acting Clerk of Parliament, Hellen Dingane.
Zec chairperson, Priscilla Chigumba recently presented the preliminary delimitation report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is expected to send the report to Parliament by end of next week.
Before carrying out the delimitation exercise, ZEC must give public notice in the Gazette and elsewhere [Electoral Act section 37A].
According to the Electoral Act and Delimitation, when ZEC has delimited constituencies and wards, it must send the President a preliminary report showing the new boundaries, and the President must lay the report before Parliament the National Assembly and the Senate – within seven days.
When delimiting boundaries, ZEC must entertain representations from political parties, voters and other interested parties.
Within 14 days after that, the President must refer the preliminary report back to ZEC for it to consider any issues raised by himself or Parliament [section 161(7) & (8)].
ZEC must give consideration to any issue so raised, but its decision on them is final [section 161(9)].
Once ZEC has prepared its final delimitation report, it must send the report to the President, who must publish it in the Gazette within 14 days.
If a general election is held less than six months after a delimitation, the old constituency and ward boundaries must be used for the election [section 161(2)]
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