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2008 harmonised elections - Index of articles
LRC
statement on run-off election in Zimbabwe
George
Bizos, Legal Resources Centre
June 26, 2008
http://www.sangonet.org.za/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9660&Itemid=1
There can be
no free and fair, nor valid election if it takes place in circumstances
in which:
- One of the
parties declares that it will not recognize the result if it looses;
- Nor where
one of the parties calls his political opponent an enemy;
- Nor where
one of the parties says that only God will remove him from office;
- Nor where
the opponent is assaulted, harassed, detained and called a traitor;
- Nor where
the prospective voters are threatened with violence:
- Nor where
the decisions of the courts are not respected and chicanery is
rampant;
- Nor where
there is no freedom of expression or freedom of the press;
- Nor where
there are no independent observers allowed to monitor the election;
- Nor where
the incumbent has no respect for democracy, the rule of law and
the dignity of his country;
- Nor where
the ruler is a megalomaniac and gives false reasons why he should
continue to rule for the rest of his life.'
*For more
information contact Ms Adelline Malema, Communications Officer,
the Legal Resources Centre, (011) 838 6601 or adelline@lrc.org.za
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