In
a
recent
interview,
Ziyambi
explained
that
once
the
90-day
period
has
passed,
starting
the
week
of
18
May,
he
will
be
in
a
position
to
formally
introduce
the
bill
in
the
National
Assembly
and
give
notice
of
its
presentation.
“What
is
next,
basically,
is
that
the
committees
that
were
going
right
around
the
country
soliciting
the
views
of
the
people,
be
it
orally
or
in
writing,
will
then
come
back
to
Parliament,
sit
as
a
committee,
look
at
all
the
submissions
that
they
received,
and
then
come
up
with
committee
reports.
“The
committee
reports
that
they
prepare
will
then
be
presented
in
the
National
Assembly
during
the
second
reading
speech,
after
I
present
the
bill.
“So
what
will
happen
between
now
is
once
the
90
days
have
lapsed—which
is
the
week
beginning
the
18th
of
May—I
will
now
be
in
a
position
to
go
and
formally
introduce
the
bill
in
the
National
Assembly
and
give
a
notice
of
presentation
of
the
bill.
“Thereafter,
I
would
then
give
my
second
reading
speech.
Basically,
the
second
reading
speech
is
when
I
formally
unpack
the
bill
in
the
National
Assembly,
explaining
the
rationale
behind
the
bill,
explaining
the
clauses.
“And
then
after
that,
I
will
move
that
the
bill
be
read
the
second
time,
opening
up
for
debate
in
the
National
Assembly.
“That’s
when
the
committee
chairs
will
then
present
their
committee
reports
about
the
consultations
that
they
undertook
and
the
recommendations
pursuant
to
the
public
consultations,”
said
Ziyambi.
Ziyambi
dismissed
claims
that
electing
the
president
through
Parliament
would
undermine
the
liberation
struggle
principle
of
“one
man,
one
vote”.
He
insisted
that
Zimbabwe
didn’t
have
direct
presidential
elections
between
1980
and
1990,
adding
that
“those
that
are
arguing
that
by
having
an
indirect
election
we
are
eroding
the
gains
of
the
liberation
struggle,
we
are
removing
‘one
man,
one
vote’,
are
totally
misplaced.”