President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba has said that the government is considering taking over the security of all 23 presidential candidates ahead of the July 30 elections. Speaking to Business Times, Charamba said,
While initially, we were looking at between eight and ten casualties; now l am told that the figure has risen to forty-two…It has to be a broad-based approach to security which encompasses everyone in the political fray so that everyone is secure because once you have any death to any of the twenty-three contestants, it has a bearing on the entire rating of the electoral process. So, l see government taking a very broad view including encompassing the security of opposition people so that we make sure that we leave no chance to such negative elements.
This follows an explosion which took place in Bulawayo yesterday at White City Stadium, where President Emmerson Mnangagwa was holding a political rally.
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