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3 observer missions endorse election
05 Aug 2013 at 05:56hrs | Views
Three crucial election observer missions to the harmonised elections on Friday released their preliminary reports upholding the polls as free, fair, credible and expressing the will of Zimbabweans.
The African Union, Sadc and Chinese observer missions heads said those defeated should work with the winners instead of fomenting violence.
Head of the AU observer mission General Olusegun Obasanjo said the few challenges faced during the elections did not hinder Zimbabweans from freely expressing their will.
He was speaking during the presentation of the mission's preliminary report of the elections.
Obasanjo said while the credibility of the polls would be announced in the final report to be released within a month, the AU observer mission noted that people who wanted to vote had been given the opportunity to do so freely and without intimidation.
It was premature, he said, to determine the number of people that had been turned away, but said some people did not know the requirements to enable them to vote.
The African Union, Sadc and Chinese observer missions heads said those defeated should work with the winners instead of fomenting violence.
Head of the AU observer mission General Olusegun Obasanjo said the few challenges faced during the elections did not hinder Zimbabweans from freely expressing their will.
Obasanjo said while the credibility of the polls would be announced in the final report to be released within a month, the AU observer mission noted that people who wanted to vote had been given the opportunity to do so freely and without intimidation.
It was premature, he said, to determine the number of people that had been turned away, but said some people did not know the requirements to enable them to vote.
Source - herald
