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Tsvangirai, ZEC stand off threatens to derail GPA
23 Jan 2012 at 08:41hrs | Views
A nasty stand-off between Premier Morgan Tsvangirai and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission over the role of security agents in the country's elections threatens to derail polls aimed at ending the country's dysfunctional coalition government.
Tsvangirai's top officials Saturday said the premier would boycott any poll held before people claimed to be state spies were weeded out of ZEC.
The institution, on the other hand, says Tsvangirai's claims of the Zec secretariat being staffed by state security agents loyal to President Mugabe are a pack of lies, with Zec deputy chairperson Joice Kazembe declaring to Tsvangirai "come face us.
Tsvangirai's top officials Saturday said the premier would boycott any poll held before people claimed to be state spies were weeded out of ZEC.
The institution, on the other hand, says Tsvangirai's claims of the Zec secretariat being staffed by state security agents loyal to President Mugabe are a pack of lies, with Zec deputy chairperson Joice Kazembe declaring to Tsvangirai "come face us.
Source - Daily News
