Resist, Reject and Report Violence, #RRRV2023
On 21 February President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)
Delimitation Report which sets out the boundaries of wards and constituencies to be used in the upcoming
harmonised elections. The gazetting of the report has sparked criticism as some argue that it was
published outside the bounds of the law. According to constitutional law expert Professor Lovemore
Madhuku, ZEC can only make two submissions, a preliminary report for onward submission to parliament to
comment on and a final report after taking into consideration the comments by parliament. On 3 February,
the Chairperson of ZEC presented what she said to journalists was her Commission’s final Delimitation
report to the President. This means the 14-day period expired on Friday 17 February. Government
spokespersons later denied it was the final report, claiming it was only a draft. The government insisted
then that President Mnangagwa had not received the final report. In parliament Hon Settlement Chikwinya
asked the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to clarify the dates on which the President
received the ZEC final Delimitation report and when the Presidential proclamation would be gazetted to
clarify conflicting statements by Government spokespersons. The Minister Hon Ziyambi Ziyambi refused to
answer the question despite being pressed by MPs.
February 2023
The Zimbabwe Peace Project Monthly Monitoring Report
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