Zec seeks authority to correct election errors

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) wants to be legally empowered to correct election-related errors such as the 2018 incident where a losing Zanu PF candidate Dexter Nduna was mistakenly declared the winner of Chegutu West constituency at the expense of MDC Alliance’s Gift Konjana.

Konjana had bagged the more votes to be declared the Chegutu West MP, but the constituency was handed to Nduna, who has served as MP to date.

At the time, Zec admitted its mistake, but the courts prevented Konjana from proceeding to Parliament.

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