Opposition parties demand allowances from ZEC

Little known leader of Good People's Movement, Gadzamoyo Dewah is demanding  an allowance as compensation for attending Zimbabwe Electoral Commission meetings saying he would be on national duty.

He said the meetings are robbing him of potential revenue  by  being away from his  privately run busines.
 
"I think as a political party that is not in Government or which is not working for ZEC, we are being taken for a ride.

"I think this meeting should provide a sitting allowance of some sort. Some of us are business people on our own, so my presence at my business is what gives me money and when I am here, I am discussing national issues" he told a ZEC  meeting attended by over 35 political parties in Harare on Monday.

"To some extent, I think we need an allowance of some sort. That little allowance may cushion the business lost, the time I am here, discussing these important national issues."

ZEC is engaging political parties as it has began preparations for 2018 elections.