In its introduction to the report entitled Intra-party democracy: a prerequisite for democratic culture published on 05/11/2013 the Election Resource Centre (ERC) had this to say: Zimbabwe’s political parties internal processes have triggered widespread disillusionment about the role of internal party democracy in advancing and building a mature democracy in Zimbabwe. The situation is less celebratory and uncertain because the electoral processes that underline internal party elections across all political parties, is fraught with reports of manipulation, imposition of candidates and all sorts of electoral malpractices. These inordinate practices reinforce the pattern of weak institutions for democracy in Zimbabwe, and should be reigned in, fast. The parties, especially the MDC-T need an electoral roadmap for free, fair and credible intra-party elections to ensure the same at the national elections. It does not help to cry for free and fair elections during the national plebiscite when fraudulent elections are held in intra-party elections!
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:03:58 +0000
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