MUTARE- August 20, 2009 - The Co-chairperson for Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Reforms and Member of Parliament (MP) for Chivi Central constituency (Zanu PF) Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana told journalists here on Thursday to stop talking about Zimbabwe holding fresh elections soon. (Pictured: Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana)“No one is ready to leave power. All the politicians are not at liberty when it comes to issues they know will affect their terms of offices. I want to plead with you journalists to remain quite about elections so that we would be able to finish the constitution making process,” he said. “Once you start to talk about elections then be assured that we will not be able to finish this process.” Mangwana said the chaos which is rocking the constitutional making process was being caused by politicians who did not want elections soon.
“This is clear, how can people want the constitution that will see them being challenged. For us to have a credible and uncompromised constitution in this country, we then have to shelve the fresh election issue,” he said.
He also argued that most MPs still believe that they shall serve for
five years. The people in Zimbabwe were pushing for the fast track of constitution making process to pave way for fresh elections there after.
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