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2018 election mood already gripping the nation- ZPP
17 Mar 2017 at 05:53hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Peace Project has projected that the 2018 election mood is already gripping the nation which Zanu PF already engaging into violence to whip people into line to vote for it in the watershed elections.
ZPP said in most of the incidents reported in the month of February under review it is clear that the wheels for the 2018 elections are well in motion seen by the number of citizens threatened with unspecified punishment.
"Some who have been told in no uncertain terms that they should not come crying when action begins to be taken in the run up to the elections. To demonstrate that the structures of primary elections are well oiled Zanu PF has been seen to restructure its local structures from the cell. Some citizens have been told they are lucky to have gone past the 2013 elections and have been warned they might not be that lucky come 2018 if they do not conform," said ZPP.
"The President's birthday celebrations were a source of conflict where citizens were forced to part with their hard earned cash ranging from a dollar to five dollars or risk losing access to food aid. The distribution of rice whose origin is still quite unknown has reached most parts of the country and like all other aid it is distributed on a partisan basis."
ZPP said Zimbabwe is going through another by election in Mwenezi East after the seat was declared vacant and the by election is due on April 8.
ZPP said in most of the incidents reported in the month of February under review it is clear that the wheels for the 2018 elections are well in motion seen by the number of citizens threatened with unspecified punishment.
"Some who have been told in no uncertain terms that they should not come crying when action begins to be taken in the run up to the elections. To demonstrate that the structures of primary elections are well oiled Zanu PF has been seen to restructure its local structures from the cell. Some citizens have been told they are lucky to have gone past the 2013 elections and have been warned they might not be that lucky come 2018 if they do not conform," said ZPP.
"The President's birthday celebrations were a source of conflict where citizens were forced to part with their hard earned cash ranging from a dollar to five dollars or risk losing access to food aid. The distribution of rice whose origin is still quite unknown has reached most parts of the country and like all other aid it is distributed on a partisan basis."
ZPP said Zimbabwe is going through another by election in Mwenezi East after the seat was declared vacant and the by election is due on April 8.
Source - Byo24News
