New Constitution : So Near Yet So Far!!! "Are we there Yet?????"

His excellency the president, is likely to be the one to set the date for the general elections. This comes after the Supreme come court passed a ruling in favor of the president in the matter as to when the elections could be held in that the existing parliament would have to be dissolved on 29 June.

President Judge George Chiweshe passed the rulling saying that the existing parliament could not last beyond the 29th of June this year and he cited several reasons...

In his judgment delivered last week in favour of Mugabe, reasons were given yesterday, Justice Chiweshe said it was common cause that the President was sworn into office on June 29, 2009. Among them was the view that under the existing constitution, the life of the parliament will have come to an end.

“On that date,Parliament shall stand dissolved . . . It is, however, permissible to extend the life of Parliament beyond that date on the grounds provided under Section 63 (5) and (6) of the Constitution,” Chiweshe said.

So the President has the ultimate power on the deciding of the poll date. But there are other factors of influence. for instance when is the NEW CONSTITUTION be passed and adopted as the law in the country?

While the top brasses of the country debate and argue about the poll date and so on they are not explaining the new constitution situation as it still hold zimbabweans at ransom: - as tight as it has ever been.

Minister Chinamasa was on radio in the previous week explaining this among other issues of  particularly his visit to England with several other politicians.

Chinamasa explained that the new constitution has to first wait a probationary period of 30 days before it can be debated in parliament  and that it will the be passed as a bill and the adopted. 

The likely time frame to look at in my opinion is at least 3 months. In the meantime we have all this ruckus one poll dates.

Its confusing to the random pedestrian that after voting for a new constitution and still to be held at ransom by the old one. More information has to be given to the Zimbabweans...

Here they are happy about their new constitution but its still not in their reach. 

Classic So Near Yet So FAR!!!

What is wanted now is information...   and a clear road map to were the country is headed...