‘Secrecy dents Zec report’

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s final delimitation report, gazetted on Monday, has torched a storm with critics charging that its “secretive” exchange between Zec and President Emmerson Mnangagwa bordered on “deceit” and constitutional violation.

On Sunday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed in his Sunday Mail column that he had not yet received the final report and top officials in his office also said the same, but in an extra-ordinary gazette on Monday, the President, through Statutory Instrument (SI) 14 of 2023, said he received the document on February 17, 2023; which was the last date for the report to be gazetted.

“Whereas, the President received the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s final delimitation report on the 17th February, 2023.

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