Chamisa is right: Commonwealth

THE Commonwealth election observer mission to Zimbabwe yesterday dropped a bombshell, describing electoral reform demands by opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa ahead of Monday’s general elections as “reasonable and justified”.

Team leader and former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama told journalists in Harare that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) had a legal duty to consider input from all stakeholders “to create a level playing field and an opportunity for anybody participating to be able to win”.

He said there was nothing amiss in Chamisa’s demand for transparency in the electoral processes, including printing and security of the ballot papers.

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