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MDC-T MP petitions ZEC, Mudede over chaotic voter registration
20 Jun 2013 at 14:39hrs | Views
Settlement Chikwinya, the MDC-T MP for Mbizo has petitioned the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the Registrar General's Office (RG) to extend the mobile voter registration exercise in his constituency due to the chaotic process caused by the RG's Office officials.
In his letter, Chikwinya said that first time voters were being frustrated by the long queues due to ward cluster based registration while the so-called "aliens" were being requested to provide information that is not necessarily required at law for example, history of stay in the country when in fact they were born in Zimbabwe. This has resulted in too much time taken to attend to one person.
Chikwinya said further the static Registration Centre at the District Administrator in Kwekwe town has since 22 March 2013 been attending to Zibagwe Rural District residents only turning away residents from Kwekwe Urban, Mbizo and Redcliff. The move has resulted in the mobile units being overwhelmed.
The MP said the actions by the RG's Office were in contravention of Part 3 of Schedule 6 of the Constitution which requires ward based registration.
Chikwinya has therefore requested that the mobile voter registration exercise in his constituency be extended by three days in the remaining 2, 4, 11 and 12 wards.
The letter was written to ZEC chief elections officer, Lovemore Sekeramayi and copied to ZEC chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau and Mudede.
In response, Mudede has acknowledged the error of his officials turning away urban residents at the Zibagwe Rural District.
MDC-T wraps up primary elections this weekend
The MDC-T wraps up its primary elections this weekend. The Party of Excellence started exercise on 25 May and is now geared for the elections which it is going to win resoundingly.
This weekend, all the remaining provinces, which had not completed the primaries will wrap up the process and have all candidates ready for the parliamentary and council elections.
Senator Morgan Komichi, the MDC-T deputy National Chairperson said the party was on target and everything was moving smoothly.
"We have given the people a chance to have democratic elections and they managed to choose parliamentary and local government candidates of their choice," said Senator Komichi.
He said the primary elections had proved wrong some sections of the media that the MDC-T that were claiming that the party was protecting sitting MPs.
The much acclaimed MDC-T confirmation and primary elections has demonstrated to the nation and the world at large that indeed the party is truly democratic. There is so much that Zanu PF can learn from the exercise which has received widespread recommendations.
In his letter, Chikwinya said that first time voters were being frustrated by the long queues due to ward cluster based registration while the so-called "aliens" were being requested to provide information that is not necessarily required at law for example, history of stay in the country when in fact they were born in Zimbabwe. This has resulted in too much time taken to attend to one person.
Chikwinya said further the static Registration Centre at the District Administrator in Kwekwe town has since 22 March 2013 been attending to Zibagwe Rural District residents only turning away residents from Kwekwe Urban, Mbizo and Redcliff. The move has resulted in the mobile units being overwhelmed.
The MP said the actions by the RG's Office were in contravention of Part 3 of Schedule 6 of the Constitution which requires ward based registration.
Chikwinya has therefore requested that the mobile voter registration exercise in his constituency be extended by three days in the remaining 2, 4, 11 and 12 wards.
The letter was written to ZEC chief elections officer, Lovemore Sekeramayi and copied to ZEC chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau and Mudede.
In response, Mudede has acknowledged the error of his officials turning away urban residents at the Zibagwe Rural District.
The MDC-T wraps up its primary elections this weekend. The Party of Excellence started exercise on 25 May and is now geared for the elections which it is going to win resoundingly.
This weekend, all the remaining provinces, which had not completed the primaries will wrap up the process and have all candidates ready for the parliamentary and council elections.
Senator Morgan Komichi, the MDC-T deputy National Chairperson said the party was on target and everything was moving smoothly.
"We have given the people a chance to have democratic elections and they managed to choose parliamentary and local government candidates of their choice," said Senator Komichi.
He said the primary elections had proved wrong some sections of the media that the MDC-T that were claiming that the party was protecting sitting MPs.
The much acclaimed MDC-T confirmation and primary elections has demonstrated to the nation and the world at large that indeed the party is truly democratic. There is so much that Zanu PF can learn from the exercise which has received widespread recommendations.
Source - Byo24News
