{"id":28501,"date":"2020-10-05T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=28501"},"modified":"2020-10-05T21:51:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:51:53","slug":"chiwenga-betrayed-his-political-motives-ex-d-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-betrayed-his-political-motives-ex-d-minister","title":{"rendered":"Chiwenga Betrayed His Political Motives \u2013 Ex D\/Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-156q2ks\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">Godfrey Gandawa, the former Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology Development has said the banning of by-elections in the country was meant to achieve a political goal.<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">He speaks after the Minister of Health and Child Care, Vice President Constantino\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.pindula.co.zw\/2020\/10\/02\/vp-chiwenga-bans-holding-of-by-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chiwenga through Statutory Instrument (SI) 225A of 2020 banned the holding of by-elections<\/a>\u00a0citing the coronavirus.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Commenting on the ban, Gandawa said:<\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Chiwenga betrayed his political motives by specifically mentioning by-elections. The Health ministry only needed to lay down general regulations on gatherings, leaving ZEC to reach its own determination as to whether it could conduct elections under those broad regulations.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Assuming the Sport ministry wants to hold an event, of any nature, will Chiwenga issue another statutory instrument to stop them? The Health ministry should have issued non-discriminatory guidelines applying to all human activity instead of maliciously targeting elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1oszu61 r-1gkumvb r-1efd50x r-5kkj8d r-18u37iz r-ahm1il r-a2tzq0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"1 reply, 27 Retweets, 90 likes\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1h0z5md r-3qxfft r-ou255f r-rjfia\">\n<div class=\"css-18t94o4 css-1dbjc4n r-1777fci r-11cpok1 r-1ny4l3l r-bztko3 r-lrvibr\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Like\" data-focusable=\"true\" data-testid=\"like\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-1awozwy r-1re7ezh r-6koalj r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1h0z5md r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-o7ynqc r-clp7b1 r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-sdzlij r-1p0dtai r-xoduu5 r-1d2f490 r-xf4iuw r-1ny4l3l r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\">ZEC is supposedly an independent institution and should have the latitude to determine whether or not it can hold an election while abiding by health regulations. Government, confirming widely held views, is interfering with ZEC because it is angling for a political outcome.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1oszu61 r-1gkumvb r-1efd50x r-5kkj8d r-18u37iz r-ahm1il r-a2tzq0\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"1 reply, 27 Retweets, 90 likes\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-18u37iz r-1h0z5md r-3qxfft r-ou255f r-rjfia\">\n<div class=\"css-18t94o4 css-1dbjc4n r-1777fci r-11cpok1 r-1ny4l3l r-bztko3 r-lrvibr\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Like\" data-focusable=\"true\" data-testid=\"like\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-1awozwy r-1re7ezh r-6koalj r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1h0z5md r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-o7ynqc r-clp7b1 r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-sdzlij r-1p0dtai r-xoduu5 r-1d2f490 r-xf4iuw r-1ny4l3l r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\">Meanwhile, the ruling ZANU PF held primary elections over the weekend to elect representatives in the by-elections scheduled for December.<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-sdzlij r-1p0dtai r-xoduu5 r-1d2f490 r-xf4iuw r-1ny4l3l r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Godfrey Gandawa, the former Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology Development has said the banning of by-elections in the country was meant to achieve a political goal. \u00a0 He speaks after the Minister of Health and Child Care, Vice President Constantino\u00a0Chiwenga through Statutory Instrument (SI) 225A of 2020 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[104],"class_list":{"0":"post-28501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-parties","9":"tag-chiwenga"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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