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Index of results, reports, press stmts and articles on March 31 2005 General Election - post Mar 30
IDASA
statement on Zimbabwe Parliamentary elections
Institute
for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA)
April 05, 2005
This press statement
will be followed by a detailed report.
As regards the now-completed
Zimbabwe Parliamentary elections, we wish to express our confidence in
the findings and preliminary statements of the Zimbabwe Election Support
Network.
We have concerns over
the integrity of the election because aspects of the electoral process
were not fully observed either by domestic and international observers,
or party polling agents.
Therefore these aspects
were not transparent or open for verification.
Amongst these were:
- The printing, distribution,
and auditing of the ballot papers;
- Tabulation, verification,
and announcement of results following tallies at local polling stations;
- A lack of clarity
on the postal votes, their numbers, and their allocation through constituencies;
- As yet unexplained
discrepancies between the figures announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission and the official results for some constituencies;
- Markedly high numbers
of people being turned away which is significant in relation to the
margin of victory in a number of constituencies.
Because of the lack
of transparency and external verification, a large number of Zimbabweans,
and especially the official opposition, do not have confidence in the
outcome.
Mr Paul Graham
Executive Director
Institute for
Democracy in South Africa [Idasa]
Kutlwanong Democracy
Centre
+27-12-392 0500
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