Justice minister, VaZiyambi Ziyambi, vanasikana vane makore gumi nematanhatu 16, vanotenderwa kudashurwa madzini avo zviri pamutemo, asi havagone kuroora.
Vakataura izvi vachipindura mibvunzo kumumiriri weMutare Central, VaInnocent Gonese mudare reNational Assembly svondo rapfuura.
Zimbabwe parizvino iri kushushikana pamusoro pezera rekubvumidzwa kuroorwa kwezera rinofanirwa apo mumwe mwanasikana ane makore gumi nemashanu 15, Anna Machaya akafa achisununguka pamberi peJohane Marange Apostolic Church kuManicaland mwedzi wapera.
Murume wake ane makore makumi maviri nematanhatu Hatirarami Momberume kubva ipapo akapomerwa mhosva yekubata chibharo nekuuraya. Gonese akange akumbira Ziyambi kuti ajekese mutemo wehurumende maererano nezera rekubvumidzwa kuroorwa kwevanasikana.
Aida zvakare kuti Ziyambi atsanangure interpretation of section 78 ye Constitution, iyo inotsanangura kuti munhu anogona kungoroorwa mushure mekusvitsa makore gumi nemasere 18, nepo mutemo weCriminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act uchiti vasikana vane makore gumi nematanhatu 16 vanogona kubvuma bonde.
VaGonese, igweta rinehunyanzvi, vakati kupesana uku kuri kukonzera nyonganiso nevanhu vachifungidzira kuti vasikana vari pakati pegumi nematanhatu negumi neshanu vanogona kubvuma bonde zviri pamutemo, asi havagone kuroora.
Dambudziko guru ratakatarisana naro ndere varume vakuru vanopinda pabonde nevanasikana vadiki, kunova ndiko kunonyanya kunetsa.
Ziyambi akati pane musiyano pakati pewanano nezera rekubvuma.
“Zvakakosha zvikuru kupatsanura nyaya dzekuroorwa nenyaya dzokuita zvepabonde, saka nokudaro mwanasikana anemakore 16 anigona kuenda pabonde zviripamutemo uye zvinekuwirirana nemukomana wake, asi haatenderwi kuroorwa.
Vose vanasikana vanoda kuroorwa vanofanirwa kumirira kusvikira vapfuura makore gumi nemasere 18. — Newsday
