Z'bar vote is split head

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To get the two-thirds, should vote 146, a number that fulfilled him according to data available so far should be another vote 'yes' 14.


Dar es Salaam. The issue of the quorum of members of Parliament from Zanzibar keeps nagging Special heads Parliament's leadership resulting amount of concern about the fate of the proposed draft constitution.

Examination of this newspaper has revealed that up to yesterday, is only 143 members out of 219 from the side who had cast votes, with 86 members while yet it fulfills their democratic rights.

Among the non-voting, 66 are members of the Union of the Constitution of the People (Kawa) who boycotted Parliament on April 16, this year due to what they claim to be a dissatisfaction with how Parliament linavyoendeshwa, while 20 members did not vote due to various factors including but not limited to go pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

Yesterday morning, the Chairman of the Special Assembly, Samuel Sitta said despite the plot being made to discourage people draft isipate enough votes, their plans will fail because there was every indication that it ingehitimishwa function effectively.

However, statistical analysis showed that there was every indication of a lack of two-thirds of the votes required by law to Zanzibar as among the 143 polled, seven of them voted 'no.'

Furthermore, two members including the Attorney General of Zanzibar, Othman Masoud Othman voted to object to the article, when lots of 'yes' was 105.

It was desired paradox about 30 votes yesterday confidential until the results had not been clearly visible, with no any information about the intended votes beaten by 20 members who are not in Dodoma.

Initially, there was a plan to enable the delegates to vote in leadership than with the Special Assembly intends to send his officer, Mecca, Saudi Arabia to enable its members, eight of which are pilgrims vote too.

To get the two-thirds, should vote 146, a number that fulfilled him according to data available so far should be another vote 'yes' 14.

In this sense, even if all of the secret ballot 30 should support the draft, still can not get the votes needed for enable will reach 135, so keep a gap of 9 votes exist to deliver 146 votes.

Search of votes

Given these circumstances, the information zilizolifikia this newspaper yesterday yesterday and say there was a great effort to convince some lawmakers to vote was restored.