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Circus
in Constitution making continues
Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
June 10, 2010
The Zimbabwe Congress
of Trade Unions is not surprised by the demands of huge perks by
members of parliament at the political parties led constitutional
process is set to get underway.
The squabbling is an
embarrassment to the people of Zimbabwe who elected these members
of parliament. What is sickening is that these people are not concerned
with the process but are concerned with lining their pockets.
And to make matters worse,
we have one MP saying they deserve the money because they will be
working away from their cities in places where there are no air
conditioners and all. He goes on even to propose that the Parliament
will approve supplementary budget if need be to finance MP's
greedy tendencies. We wonder on which planet these people live,
they are detached to the needs of the ordinary people.
This is disheartening
as it comes just when we are getting reports that more than 110
000 0' level students failed to register for the November
exams. But we have an MP suggesting a supplementary budget for the
MPs self needs when we have this catastrophic crisis within the
education sector.
We reiterate that the
current constitution making process is a farce and call for it to
be halted, as we are not guaranteed that the views of the people
will be taken into consideration. In light of the above, the ZCTU
is intensifying its calls;
- That there be constitutional
amendment number 20, that specifically deals with presidential
elections
- That the elections
be presidential elections only as all other elections are not
disputed
- That the presidential
elections be monitored by Southern African Development Community,
African Union and the rest of the international community.
Visit the ZCTU
fact sheet
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