Abehluleli bachithe uMehluleli Omkhulu ngesikhathi anwetshelwe sona
INkantolo Enkulu yaseZimbabwe iphazamise isinqumo sikaMengameli u-Emmerson Mnangagwa ngoMgqibelo, ngesikhathi inquma ukuthi isinqumo sakhe sokwelula isikhathi sokusebenza kukaMehluleli Omkhulu uLuke Malaba ngeminyaka emihlanu, besingekho emthethweni ngoba sephula uMthethosisekelo wezwe. IJudicial Service Commission (JSC), eqasha bonke abehluleli, ithe lesi sinqumo sisho ukuthi iPhini likaMehluleli Omkhulu u-Elizabeth Gwaunza, lizoba yibamba esikhundleni sokuba nguMehluleli Omkhulu kusalindwe umphumela wesikhalazo esifakiwe ngalolu daba.
Umphumela ubuyisele emuva uMnangagwa iqembu lakhe elibusayo nalo eliguqule uMthethosisekelo ukumvumela ukuthi aqoke abehluleli abaphezulu ngaphandle kokwenza inqubo yokuhlolwa umphakathi.
Amaqembu aphikisayo asola uMnangagwa ngokufuna ukuthonya ezobulungiswa, izinsolo uMengameli aziphikayo.
Abameli babephikise ukuchitshiyelwa koMthethosisekelo okwakukhuphula iminyaka yokuthatha umhlalaphansi yabahluleli beNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo kanye neNkantolo eNkulu yaba engama-75 isuka kwengama-70, eyavumela uMnangagwa ukuthi anwebe isikhathi sokuphatha kukaMalaba ngeminye iminyaka emihlanu. Abahluleli abathathu beNkantolo eNkulu bakhiphe isinqumo sokuthi uMalaba, obehlanganisa iminyaka yobudala engama-70 ngoMgqibelo, useyekile ukuba ngumphathi wabehluleli ngenxa yeminyaka yakhe.
“Ngenxa yesinqumo esesifinyelele kuso, uMhlonishwa uMalaba uyayeka ukuba nguMehluleli kanye noMehluleli Omkhulu ngoNhlaba zili-15,” kusho abehluleli ngesikhathi bekhipha isinqumo.
INkantolo ithe bekufanele kwenziwe inhlolovo ngokuchitshiyelwa koMthethosisekelo ngaphambi kokuba kube umthetho osebenzayo.
Iphinde yathi ngaphansi koMthethosisekelo waseZimbabwe, abehluleli abasezikhundleni angeke bakwazi ukuhlomula ngokwelulwa kwamahlandla.
“Yisinqumo esivikela uMthethosisekelo,” kusho uTendai Biti, umholi weqembu eliphikisayo ophinde abe ngummeli ophikisana nalesi sinqumo sikaMengameli enkantolo.
IJSC ithe, izofaka isicelo sokuphikisa isinqumo senkantolo. Okhulumela uMnangagwa uGeorge Charamba, ubhale enkundleni yokuxhumana uTwitter wathi: “Ukujabula kusakhona! Singabalwi, sethembe.”
Ezinye izazi zomthetho zithi ukwedlulisa icala kungaholela ezingxabanweni njengoba nabehluleli eNkantolo Ephakeme bekhonjisiwe nenselelo yenkantolo.
UHulumeni ugxeka isinqumo seNkantolo
UNgqongqoshe Wezobulungiswa eZimbabwe usole abezomthetho kuleliya lizwe ngokuthi “bathunjwa” ngamazwe nabantu bangaphandle abafuna ukonakalisa uHulumeni emuva kokuthi iNkantolo Enkulu ikhiphe isinqumo sokuthi akukho emthethweni ukunweba isikhathi sikaMehluleli Omkhulu ngeminye iminyaka emihlanu.
UNgqongqoshe Wezobulungiswa uZiyambi Ziyambi, esitatimendeni esiphume ngoMgqibelo uthe lesi sinqumo “siyindaba ejwayelekile yokweqa umthetho futhi njengoHulumeni ngeke sikwemukele lokho.”
UZiyambi uthe uHulumeni uzosiphikisa lesi sinqumo “esingenasisekelo futhi esingenanjongo”.
“Ngifuna ukukubeka kucace ukuthi asisamukeli isinqumo seNkantolo eNkulu. Sinesimo esibucayi sezobulungiswa ezithunjwe ngabantu bangaphandle kuleli,” kusho uZiyambi ngaphandle kokunikeza ubufakazi noma ukuveza igama lomuntu. Ukuphawula kwakhe kwabanye kube wukubuyela emuva esikhathini sikaMengameli uRobert Mugabe, lapho uHulumeni wawuvame ukuphumela obala ugxeka abehluleli.
Isikhathi sokuphawula kukaZiyambi ngaphambi kokulalelwa kwesikhalazo yiNkantolo Ephakeme singabhekwa njengosongo kubehluleli.
UZiyambi uphinde wathi iqembu elithile labehluleli lihlale likhipha izinqumo ezifuna ukungcolisa igama likaHulumeni. Akazange ababize ngamagama labo behluleli.
Ngonyaka odlule kube nokwanda ekuboshweni nasekushushisweni kwabaphikisana noHulumeni, okuyinto abagxeki abathi iyisibonakaliso sokuthi uMnangagwa ubuyela ezinkambisweni zobushiqela ezabonwa ngaphansi kowayengaphambi kwakhe uMugabe.