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Zanu-PF candidates intensify campaigns
05 May 2015 at 07:11hrs | Views
Zanu-PF candidates for the June 10 by-elections are intensifying their campaigns in the six constituencies in Harare to return to the ruling party the seats that were snatched by MDC-T in previous elections.
MDC-T is boycotting the elections on flimsy reasons that it wants electoral reforms, when it is clear that the opposition party is afraid of losing after it started disintegrating soon after its heavy loss to Zanu-PF in the July 31, 2013 harmonised elections.
The split in MDC-T resulted in the opposition party recalling 21 MPs who had crossed the floor to the splinter MDC Renewal and of these seats, 14 would be up for grabs in the June 10 by-elections.
MDC-T has come under heavy criticism for boycotting the by-elections while itching to replace seven of the dismissed legislators, who came through the proportional representation system based on the July 31 polls.
By agreeing to fill the proportional representation seats, the MDC-T would be deemed to have participated in the by-elections, but is targeting the seats it knows there is no contest for fear of losing.
MDC-T is boycotting the elections on flimsy reasons that it wants electoral reforms, when it is clear that the opposition party is afraid of losing after it started disintegrating soon after its heavy loss to Zanu-PF in the July 31, 2013 harmonised elections.
MDC-T has come under heavy criticism for boycotting the by-elections while itching to replace seven of the dismissed legislators, who came through the proportional representation system based on the July 31 polls.
By agreeing to fill the proportional representation seats, the MDC-T would be deemed to have participated in the by-elections, but is targeting the seats it knows there is no contest for fear of losing.
Source - The Herald
