Moyo said: The Standing Orders and Rules Committee is meeting on Monday and all the modalities concerning the appointment of commissioners to the commissions will be finalised and these will be announced so that people are aware of the qualifications and the manner in which the commissioners will be selected.
He said the committee had held meetings on the matter before but had not finalised on the procedure of appointing commissioners and said that this would be done on Monday.
There will be no delays this time around and on Tuesday we will be announcing to everyone how the commissioners will be appointed and the process will kick off from there, said Moyo.
The delay in setting up the committees was attributed to the late appointment of members of the committee but almost two months after that committee was constituted there has been no movement towards the setting up of the committees.
The ZMC is expected to register new newspapers and will replace the Media and Information Commission (MIC).
The now moribund MIC led by Tafataona Mahoso presided over the closure of four independent newspapers and forced many Zimbabwean journalists to flee the country while the majority of international news agencies that include the BBC and CNN were hounded out of the country.
Repressive laws such as the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), Criminal Codification Reform Act, the Public Order and Security Act and the Official Secrets were used by the state to harass and intimidate journalists.
The ZMC is expected to license new newspapers that include the News Day to be run by Zimbabwe Independent and the Standard publisher Trevor Ncube and The Evening Gazette to be published under the weekly Financial Gazette stable.
Many political analysts believe the setting up of the commissions will pave the way towards the democratisation of Zimbabwe.
The IEC is set to replace the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) that has been accused of manipulating elections in favour of President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu (PF) party. The ZHRC is set to be a first in a country where the previous government is accused of serious human rights violations.
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