What irks the Harare regime is that they can’t even accuse the SADC of racism as they would normally do with Western observers, who are barely tolerated in the country.
The Southern African Development Community observer mission has slammed the Zimbabwean elections as falling short of the requirements of the country’s Constitution, the Electoral Act, and the SADC principles and guidelines governing democratic elections.
This pronouncement that the polls were not free, and fair was, frankly, unsurprising as it was all too evident in the months leading up to election day. What was surprising, and even more galling for the Zanu-PF-led government, was that this assessment was made by the SADC.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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