Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has warned that the credibility of next week’s poll is under threat.
He told a news conference on Wednesday that the election was threatened by fraud as he accuses the election commission of bias.
Chamisa said the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) was “biased and has lost the confidence of the people of Zimbabwe”.
The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had said that there will be no election if there is no agreement on ballot papers.
He wanted the agreement reached between the independent election agency and political parties.
“Even at this late stage, there is no evidence whatsoever (of) how many ballot papers were printed, where they were printed and their security,” Chamisa told reporters.
He adds that “There has been a consistent negation of international standards. We have a ZEC that has chosen to throw away the whistle as a referee and joined another team.”
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Chamisa had said he will boycott the polls if the ballot paper controversy isn’t resolved.
But he says his coalition will still take part in next week’s polls.
“Who am I to say no to the will of the people,” he added.
On Wednesday Police in Zimbabwe stopped the main opposition party from holding a street protest over next week’s poll.
The opposition was planning to hold the demonstration outside the country’s election commission just days before the crucial election.
The opposition has in the past weeks staged protests outside the offices of the electoral commission.
But the police don’t want to allow for another protest days before the elections.
On Tuesday Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa warned that he will not tolerate anarchy, heightening tension.
Next week’s elections will be the first since Robert Mugabe exited power after resigning.
Source: Africafeeds.com
