ZANU PF WINS 26 COUNCIL POSITIONS UNCHALLENGED ZANU-PF got a head start in the harmonised elections landing at least 26 wards in various councils unopposed after rival political parties failed to field candidates by the close of nomination courts last Friday. Zanu-PF councillors romped to victory in various local authorities in Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland West and Matabeleland South provinces. The party’s haul could be much higher but information was hard to come by as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission was still to release the full list of candidates who successfully filed their nomination papers with the courts. There are 1958 wards countrywide. However, information at hand reveals that all 210 National Assembly seats were contested, some of them by Zanu-PF and MDC-T candidates only. In Mt Darwin South, Zanu-PF won five seats uncontested while the others are in Rushinga and Muzarabani. Six Zanu-PF candidates in Hurungwe’s 26 rural wards were duly elected councillors after their papers sailed through uncontested during a nomination court that sat at the Hurungwe Rural District Council board room. By close of the nomination court at 4pm, no papers had been filed at the court contesting Zanu PF candidates in wards 2, 3, 19, 20, 21 and 22, all in Hurungwe East. Zanu- PF Manicaland provincial chairman Cde Dickson Mafios said: “Information we have is that 15 of our candidates vying for seats in council elections won unopposed after the other parties failed to nominate candidates to contest in the polls. The seats are in Mt Darwin South constituency and parts of Rushinga and Muzarabani. “We are geared for the polls and this time around we are going to retain all seats even those that went to the MDC-T in 2008.” In 2008 the MDC-T won the Mazowe Central and Bindura South constituencies. MDC spokesperson Mr Kurauone Chihwayi, confirmed that his party had failed to fill candidates in some wards. “It is true that we have some wards that we have failed to field candidates due to various reasons ranging from coming late during the nomination day while others were turned away due to failure to produce adequate documentation as required by law,” he said. MDC-T spokesperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora was not picking his calls by the time of going to press. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Mr Lovemore Sekeramayi could not comment on the candidates to contest the harmonised elections. “We are still compiling all the information we have received from the provinces and the information will only be made available when that process has been completed,” Mr Sekeramayi said. However, Cdes Ellen Kunodziya, Edmore Ndlovu, Clever Zinyemba, Owen Makazhu, Lilian Nxele and Rasiwe Banda, become Zanu-PF respectively in the six Hurungwe Wards. The MDC formations failed to field candidates in five out of 45 wards in Plumtree, leaving Zanu-PF to pocket the seats uncontested. herald
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 05:24:31 +0000
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