Parliament To Debate Electoral Reforms

The National Assembly will meet this week to discuss proposed amendments to the Electoral Act and ratification of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance. 

Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the National Assembly will deal with the domestication process of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance which was recently signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Rwanda. Said Ziyambi:

We will deal with electoral reforms and the domestication of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance next week (this week). Everything will be dealt with and Members of Parliament will discuss and vote on what will be brought before them. I know that the MDC-T has some amendments they are bringing to Parliament and as the justice minister, we also have amendments to be brought forward.

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