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Zimbabwe voter's roll in shambles, new one required
Movement for Democratic Change
January 25,
2011
The MDC's
position on the need for a new, clean, biometric / digital voters'
roll has been vindicated following shocking findings from the latest
national survey conducted by the Zimbabwe
Election Support Network (ZESN) exposing the weakness of the
current voters' roll. The findings confirm why elections in
Zimbabwe have always been contested as illegitimate, and thus failing
to record a true reflection of the democratic will of the people.
As the people's
Party of Excellence, the MDC is dismayed that for 29 years Tobaiwa
Mudede has abused the dead, who are supposed to be resting in peace,
to rig and manipulate election results. In the case of the 2008
election, there were more babies and the aged than legitimate
voters on the voters' roll. It is therefore self-evident that
the shambolic state of the voters' roll has been used by the
unpopular Zanu PF to engineer election results. Zanu PF has literally
disallowed the people of Zimbabwe an opportunity to express their
democratic right.
An imperfect
voters' roll will disenfranchise the eligible electorate and
allow disqualified voters to mark their ballot. International laws,
which Zimbabwe is a signatory to, necessitate the registration of
all eligible citizens as voters but in Zimbabwe, the detested Zanu
PF has ensured that thousands of people fail to do so as the voter
registration exercise is partisan, non-transparent, biased and prejudiced.
Going forward,
in order for this country to hold any free, fair and credible election
there is need for an impartial, professional and independent board,
contracted to come up with a fresh, biometric / digitalised voter's
roll, as is the trend in civilised countries. As the MDC, we call
for a comprehensive, accurate and credible voters' roll as
a prerequisite for the coming elections and any other election to
be held.
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