Public Access to, Involvement in, and the Right to Petition Parliament in Zimbabwe

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2021.2012501

Eventhough Ndlovu, Tinashe Mtetwa, Della Makina

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Abstract

Abstract Section 141 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act, 2013 guarantees public access to and involvement in Parliament. Section 149 of the same legislation enshrines the right to petition Parliament. This study examines these sections in order to ascertain the extent to which they guarantee public access to, involvement in, and the right to petition Parliament. Language rights constitute the basis for the enjoyment of these rights. These rights become meaningless if they are not guaranteed in one’s language of choice or in forms of communication suitable for persons with disabilities. This study found that the public is denied true access to and involvement in Parliament because linguistic access is denied to them. These rights are not guaranteed in one’s language of choice or in forms of communication suitable for persons with disabilities.

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津巴布韦公众进入、参与和请愿议会的权利

2013年《津巴布韦宪法修正案（第20号）》第141条保障公众进入和参与议会。同一立法第149条规定了向议会请愿的权利。本研究对这些部分进行了审查，以确定它们在多大程度上保障公众进入、参与议会和向议会请愿的权利。语言权利是享有这些权利的基础。如果不能以自己选择的语言或适合残疾人的交流形式保障这些权利，这些权利就会变得毫无意义。这项研究发现，公众被剥夺了真正进入议会和参与议会的权利，因为他们无法使用语言。这些权利没有以自己选择的语言或适合残疾人的交流形式得到保障。

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.