The election spirit in Zimbabwe has been dampened by 133 election court disputes. | CdeLENIN
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said the ruling by the high court was President Emmerson Mnangagwa's way of plunging Zimbabwe into an electoral and national crisis.Due to court appeals, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is yet to print ballot papers.The election spirit in Zimbabwe has been dampened by 133 election court disputes.
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa said the ruling by the high court was President Emmerson Mnangagwa's way of plunging"Zimbabwe into an unprecedented electoral and national crisis". Kasukuwere, 53, a one-time Zanu-PF political commissar and up-and-coming Cabinet minister, fled the country after the November 2017 putsch which dislodged the late Robert Mugabe.
In an interview with Voice of America, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the printing of ballot papers by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission was being delayed by the large number of cases before the courts.A postal vote is normally for those working in embassies abroad, or police, healthcare workers, and the army, who won't be available to vote due to work commitments of national interest.
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