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Kupitia ripoti yao, Waangalizi kutoka Ujumbe wa Umoja wa Ulaya (EU EOM) wamesema Uchaguzi huo ulikuwa na Uminyaji wa Haki, Ukosefu wa Fursa Sawa na Mazingira Magumu kwa Wapiga Kura.
EU EOM imeongeza kuwa kulikuwa na ukamataji wa kutumia nguvu wa Waangalizi 39 wa Mashirika ya Kiraia ambao walitumia haki zao za Kikatiba kwa Kujumlisha Matokeo ya Uchaguzi na Walifikishwa Mahakamani kwa tuhuma za kuingilia Uchaguzi.
Matokeo ya awali yanayoendelea kutangazwa yanaonesha Chama Tawala kinachoongozwa na Rais Mnangagwa (ZANU PF) kinaongoza kwa idadi ya Kura kikiwa na Viti 101 vya Wabunge, huku upinzani ukifuatia kwa Viti 59 kati ya 210.
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Foreign poll observers on Friday said Zimbabwe’s Wednesday presidential and legislative elections failed to conform to the democratic principles, even as vote counting continued.
The Southern African country held chaotic elections on Wednesday, which spilled to the next day due to late printing of ballot papers for polling stations in some wards in opposition strongholds.
Voting started late in a number of polling stations after voting materials were delivered late and people voted late into the night on the first day.
Preliminary results are showing a close contest between the ruling Zanu-PF and the main opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC).
Most observer missions noted that although the elections were generally peaceful, the electoral processes did not meet international standards.
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Foreign observers say Zimbabwe poll not free and fair
SATURDAY AUGUST 26 2023
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Chief Observer Fabio Massimo Castaldo (C) of the European Union Election Observation Mission in Zimbabwe addresses a press conference in Harare, Zimbabwe on August 25, 2023. PHOTO | JOHN WESSELS | AFP
By KITSEPILE NYATHI
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Foreign poll observers on Friday said Zimbabwe’s Wednesday presidential and legislative elections failed to conform to the democratic principles, even as vote counting continued.
The Southern African country held chaotic elections on Wednesday, which spilled to the next day due to late printing of ballot papers for polling stations in some wards in opposition strongholds.
Voting started late in a number of polling stations after voting materials were delivered late and people voted late into the night on the first day.
Preliminary results are showing a close contest between the ruling Zanu-PF and the main opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC).
Most observer missions noted that although the elections were generally peaceful, the electoral processes did not meet international standards.
Zimbabwe ‘slows down’ internet as voting begins
In its preliminary report, the European Union Observation Mission (EU EOM) said “curtailed rights and lack of level playing field led to an environment that was not always conducive to voters making a free and informed choice in Zimbabwe’s elections.”
“The passing of regressive legal provisions and acts of violence and intimidation resulted in a climate of fear,” said EU EOM chief observer Fabio Massimo Castaldo.
“The violent arrest of members of accredited citizen observer organisations (Zimbabwe Election Support Network) ZESN and (Election Resource Centre) ERC, who exercised their constitutional rights, on 23 August, is of great concern.
“Both organisations are credible and respected human rights defenders.”
Thirty-nine monitors employed by ZESN and ERC were arrested on August 23 for running a parallel results tabulation exercise.
