adminwhen the commission should commence investigations stirred debate among legislators.
The passing of the legislation to operationalise the functions of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has been delayed by squabbles among the parties in the inclusive Government on when the commission should start its investigations.
The Bill sets the timelines for investigation three years from the date the inclusive Government was sworn in 2009.
MDC-T legislators, however, opposed this provision with most of them calling for the commission to start its inquiries from 1980 and include investigations into the Matabeleland disturbances. Zanu-PF legislators said the Bill should be passed without amendments to the provision.
Minister Chinamasa said he was also opposed to enacting laws that deal with past incidences. “As a lawyer I do not agree that we change the commencement date because generally speaking my instinct as a lawyer is that any retrospective law is a bad law,” he said.
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