Madam Deputy Speaker, now that the Minister is also here, I simply want to restate what would seem obvious at face value: that the unity government in Zimbabwe should not really exist in perpetuity; there must be elections at some point.
However, if fair and free elections are to take place, and successfully, as the President said, the outstanding arrangements or conditions such as the impartiality of the security forces, freedom of the media and freedom of movement of the voters ought to be assured in the interests of all the parties concerned.
Furthermore, we also commend the Southern African Development Community, SADC's recent position on this issue of Zimbabwe, although there are also some indications that the constitutional court in Zimbabwe may not want to create precedence in reviewing the situation of 31 July. However, we wish President Mugabe a successful intervention with the constitutional court so that other parties can be satisfied. Thank you.
Vote agreed to. (Democratic Alliance and Independent Democrats dissenting). Vote No 6 - Performance Monitoring and Evaluation - put and agreed to.
Vote No 7 - Public Works - put.
Declarations of vote: