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Political temperature towards a Zimbabwean "election"
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights)
January 27, 2011

The issue of holding elections this year has become the talk of everyday as the whole country ponders on whether it is conducive for a free and fair election.

In Manicaland Province areas such as Nyanga, Uzumba Marambapfungwe and Mutoko in Mashonaland East province, people are being forced to attend ZANU PF rallies and threatened to be "dealt with" if they do not attend. Many people have pointed out that the 2008 violence is showing signs of recurring as people were in the same way forced to attend rallies.

In Budiriro and Mbare rowdy youths have launched a terror campaign while in other suburbs, soldiers are ironically threatening and terrorizing people instead of providing security as they are mandated to.

Zimrights is therefore greatly perturbed by the continued efforts towards holding an election without the proper electoral reforms.

"How can Zimbabwe hold a free and fair election when people cannot even exercise their fundamental rights"

"How is it possible to create and build democracy through coercion?"

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