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MDC-T bigwig want elections postponed
25 Oct 2017 at 02:11hrs | Views
A SENIOR MDC-T official has called for a postponement of the crunch 2018 elections, saying the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is neither ready nor adequately to ensure a credible ballot.
MDC-T spokesman Obert Gutu added that conditions which led to contested elections in the past persist, making it inevitable that president Robert Mugabe is set for another landslide victory.
Gutu insisted that he was expressing his personal views and not those of his party an article published in the opinion section of this publication.
Zimbabwe is due to hold fresh elections next year with President Robert Mugabe seeking another five-year mandate at the helm. The now 93-year-old has led the country for 37 years and refuses to retire.
Although there has been significant contestation to Mugabe's leadership from within his Zanu-PF party ranks resulting in the sacking of dozens of senior party members, the opposition also faces ructions, divisions and donor fatigue—factors which have left them unable to compete with a better resourced Zanu-PF on voter mobilisation.
MDC-T spokesman Obert Gutu added that conditions which led to contested elections in the past persist, making it inevitable that president Robert Mugabe is set for another landslide victory.
Gutu insisted that he was expressing his personal views and not those of his party an article published in the opinion section of this publication.
Zimbabwe is due to hold fresh elections next year with President Robert Mugabe seeking another five-year mandate at the helm. The now 93-year-old has led the country for 37 years and refuses to retire.
Although there has been significant contestation to Mugabe's leadership from within his Zanu-PF party ranks resulting in the sacking of dozens of senior party members, the opposition also faces ructions, divisions and donor fatigue—factors which have left them unable to compete with a better resourced Zanu-PF on voter mobilisation.
Source - newzimbabwe
