HARARE - Abenhlanganiso eye-European Union, lamuhla bathumele iqula lamalunga angamatshumi amane lasithupha-46 labazohlola ukuqhutshwa kokhetho oluqhutshwa eZimbabwe mhla ka 23 Ncwabakazi. Abe-EU bathi bakhangelele ukuba lequla elibunjwa ngabantu abalikhulu lengxenye-150, kodwa abanye bezafika ngosuku lokhetho.
Ekhuluma lentathelizindaba emhlanganweni owenzelwe ehweteleni eye Holiday Inn, eHarare lamuhla, umsekeli womkhokheli waleli qula uDokotela Beata Martin-Ruzumitowicz uthe inhloso yabo yikubona ukuthi eleZimbabwe lizalandela zonke izimiso elavuma ukuthi lizazilandela lokuhlonipha ekuqhubeni ukhetho lwalonyaka.
“Silapha ukuze sikhuthaze njalo sivikele umbuso wentando kazulu kanye lokubona izinga lapho incwadi zamazwe ngamazwe, iziphathimandla zaseZimbabwe ezazingenela kizo ngokuzithandela ukuthi zibonakala kangakanani kulolu hlelo lokhetho.”
U-Mnu. Bekezela Gumbo, ingcwethi ecubungula ezombusazwe ekunhlanhaniso eyeZimbabwe Democracy Institute, upha umbono wakhe phezu kwalokho okuhlezi kukhalazwa ngakho ngabenhlangothi ezitshiyeneyo zempilo mayelana labaza kuleli ukuzabona ukuqhutshwa kokhetho.
“Nxa sikhangele izehlakalo lezi ezenzakalayo ezodlakela zitshengisa ukuthi izanu Pf endala lokhe ingantshintshanga. Ukukhitshwa okwayenziwa uMugabe kwakungakhitshelwa ukuthi bakhiphela ukuthi mubi kodwa kwakuyikubangisana izikhundla kuphela. Kodwa iZanu ilokhe iyiyonaleyana iZanu eyaginya uNkomo leZapu after amaNdebele amanengi esebulewe nge-violence kubangwa amavoti, lokhe kuyiyonaleyo iZanu Pf esilayo lamuhla.”
Kodwa isikhulumeli seZanu Pf, umnumzana Chris Mutsvangwa uxwayise amaobservers ukuthi kumele bengalandi ukuzoba zinhloli labacuphi.
“Siyajabula ukuthi balapha ukuzobona, ukubona kuphela ukuthi abantu baseZimbabwe benza kanjani ngombuso wentando kazulu. Sesikufezile okulindelwe yiSADC, sihambisana njalo lemithetho yeAfrican Union ngokhetho, ngabafowethu labodadewethu labo. Asikufihli ukuzigqaja kwethu ma sihlolwa ngabafowethu labodadewethu kodwa sathatha inyathelo lapho ababengamazwe asentshonalanga basebefuna ukusifundisa ngombuso wentando kazulu.”
Omunye wabasekeli besikhulumeli ebandleni eliphikisayo le Citizens Coalition for Change-CCC umnumzana Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda uthi lanxa encoma ukuthunywa kwalamathimba avelela kwamanye amazwe ukuyahlola indlela ukhetho luqhutshwa ngayo elizweni, kunengi okusamele kwenziwe.
“Kungabe ngama-Monitors, ama-Monitors alemvumo yokungenela ebuze baqondise lapho okungahambi kahle. Am-Observer amanengi ayabuya afike kumahothela engahambi eMuzarabani, engahambi eTsholotsho, eUzumba Maramba Pfungwe. Sicela sibili bengahlali emadolobheni ungani ngama-tourists, abenze umsebenzi njangalokho abakufuna ukuthi bakufeze.”
Abe EU laba baveze ukuba ngosuku lokhetho, leliqula eselikuleli lizokwelekelelwa ngamanye amalunga angamatshumi amane lane-44, ithimba lePhalamende le-European Union kanye labazophathisa okwesikhathi esifitshane abazothathwa bevelela endaweni ezitshiyeneyo zakuleli labazavela kumahofisi abameli bamazwe kuleli. Lokhu kuzoletha inani labazobona ukuqhutshwa kokhetho ngosuku lokuvota lifinyelele ngaphezu kwekhulu elilamatshumi amahlanu-150, abazavela kuwo wonke amazwe angamatshumi amabili lasikhombisa-27 angamalunga omanyano we-EU okugoqela eleeCanada, Norway leleSwitzerland.
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