Mudede should operate under the supervision of ZEC

The Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede should operate under the supervision of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in the conduct of election, ZEC chairperson Justice Simpson Mtambanengwe said yesterday.

Zec wants Mudede's wings clipped, reducing him to a mere departmental head operating under the direct supervision of the commission.

Responding to a question at the ongoing Zec media consultative workshop in Kadoma, Justice Mtambenengwe said Mudede's unfettered control of the country's electoral system ceased in 2004.

Mudede has previously denied presiding over a chaotic electoral system whose results have been contested over the last few years.

The retired judge who described Mudede as "sensitive" when it comes to issues to do with his role in the conduct of elections, said he had spoken to the RG about the registration of voters.

He said the issue was an area of great concern which had been raised at various levels.

Mudede's role in the conduct of elections has been subject to great debate.

But the RG was last year quoted as claiming there was no voters' roll in the world that is as perfect as Zimbabwe's.