African election observer missions have criticised this week’s balloting.
An election campaign poster with a picture of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on a tree while, in the background, armed riot police prepare to be deployed on the streets of Harare Dozens of armed police with water cannons are guarding the national results centre, the scene of deadly violence after the previous vote five years ago.
This is the second general election since long-time repressive ruler Robert Mugabe was ousted in a coup in 2017. It is selecting the president, 350-member parliament and close to 2,000 council seats nationwide. More than six million people were registered to vote, though turnout has not been announced.Election observer missions from the African Union and Southern African Development Community SADC and African Union Observer Missions openly alleged voter intimidation.
The European Union observer mission and the Carter Centre questioned the credibility of the vote, with the Carter Centre saying it took place under a “restricted political environment”. But the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said the workers were carrying out their mandate as election observers. The group said police took 35 of those to court, charged under a provision of electoral law that punishes “unofficial or false declaration of results” with up to six months’ imprisonment or a fine. It was not clear why the rest were not charged.
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