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Chamisa ready to die for all Zimbabweans
16 Mar 2018 at 07:03hrs | Views
THE MDC-T leadership is prepared to die than have Zimbabweans go into another sham election like what happened in 2013 when Zanu PF party then led by deposed Robert Mugabe stole the people's victory, Nelson Chamisa said Thursday.
Addressing journalists in Harare, Chamisa said there will never be an election before the electoral field was levelled to ensure free and fair plebiscite.
"There will be no delaying of an election. There will be reforms. It is either reforms or there will be no election. That is our position and we are prepared to surrender ourselves before we surrender our victory," he said.
"This thing of nichodemusly printing ballot papers through Nikuv or any other group, Chinese, Israeli or any other, we will not accept. And when we say that we will not accept it doesn't mean that we will boycott an election, we will simply make sure that there is no election without reforms," he added.
Chamisa said the MDC-T had met with United Nations representatives and the SADC early warning observation council with whom they raised their issues regarding the need for electoral reforms.
He said while Zimbabweans were clear that they wanted a free election, the government did not want the same and was paying lip service, adding that they were aware that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was saying things that he was not prepared to execute.
The MDC-T leader, who took over from Morgan Tsvangirai under controversial circumstances, said they would not accept any process before a BVR audit was carried out, saying they wanted to make sure that there was an agreement on who was printing the ballot papers for the elections expected in July or August.
Addressing journalists in Harare, Chamisa said there will never be an election before the electoral field was levelled to ensure free and fair plebiscite.
"There will be no delaying of an election. There will be reforms. It is either reforms or there will be no election. That is our position and we are prepared to surrender ourselves before we surrender our victory," he said.
Chamisa said the MDC-T had met with United Nations representatives and the SADC early warning observation council with whom they raised their issues regarding the need for electoral reforms.
He said while Zimbabweans were clear that they wanted a free election, the government did not want the same and was paying lip service, adding that they were aware that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was saying things that he was not prepared to execute.
The MDC-T leader, who took over from Morgan Tsvangirai under controversial circumstances, said they would not accept any process before a BVR audit was carried out, saying they wanted to make sure that there was an agreement on who was printing the ballot papers for the elections expected in July or August.
Source - newzimbabwe
