12PM - Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to reporters, says “election has been a huge farce. Its credibility has been marred by administrative and legal violations which affect the legitimacy of its outcome.” He cites “two critical issues” – he says the vote does not meet SADC Guidelines on elections and points to Zanu PF’s failure to “implement SADC reforms” including licensing of TV stations and reform of the country’s security services (police and army). His concerns include: 1.1 Voters’ Roll # Thousands failed to register and were disenfranchised # Not delivered timeously as required by law # No proper inspection of the voters’ roll to verify authenticity # Duplication of names on the voters roll # Unauthorised movement of voters from their wards (leading to almost 40% voters being turned away and disenfranchised) 1.2 Manipulation of voters’ choice - Voters forced to plead illiteracy and resort to “assistance”. 1.3 Use of traditional leaders (chiefs and headmen) to intimidate voters. 1.4 Unauthorised voter migration - Voters bussed into constituencies to vote eg Harare South, Epworth 1.5 Unaccounted for voters especially in farming areas 1.6 Abuse of the facility to use Voter Registration Slips as proof of registration 1.7 Militarisation of the electoral process – electoral processes under the effective control of security personnel 1.8 Lack of transparency in the printing of ballots a.) non-compliance with section 51 of the Electoral Act. b.) over-printing of ballots (more than 35%) and lack of accountability for ballots. 1.9 Lack of transparency and double-voting in the use of the Special Vote 1.10 Lack of transparency in the use of the Postal Voting system
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:26:16 +0000
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