Former Vice President and leader of the opposition National People’s Paty Joice Mujuru has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of being complicit in rigging after massive irregularities were discovered in the recently held Chiwundura by-election. Mujuru said that Zec should be independent and should not be used as an extension of Zanu-PF.
Said Mujuru:
We have been given all figures and facts. Not just figures but, also an exhibit. Identity cards with many Esnarth Nyorumwe’s. These names were added to the voters roll and counted by ZEC. What can you say about this? This is a shame.
I think as much as they used traditional leaders to rig the by-election, ZEC could have also used the identity card which was given several identities and given different identity numbers. Can you imagine one constituency having 2000 anomalies? I think this figure could be even higher than what we have been told. ZEC should be ashamed of such behaviour. This is wrong.
We want ZEC to be independent. If things are supposed to be done in a transparent manner, rules should be followed. The problem is that we have people who refuse to give others a chance and most of us are unforgiving and others want to suppress progressive views. Where is the Roman Empire that we know? There is always a beginning and an end to everything.
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