TWO international observer groups have said that Zimbabwe needs to urgently implement outstanding electoral reforms demanded by the opposit...
TWO international observer groups have said that Zimbabwe needs to urgently implement
outstanding electoral reforms demanded by the opposition to guarantee
credibility of next month’s general elections.The delegation comprising of officials from the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) consists of former US congressman David Drier and former chairperson of the South African election commission, Brigalia Bam.
In a pre-election report submitted to Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba, the two observer groups called on Zec to allow all political parties to observe the procurement, printing and storage of ballots.
“We, this week have had a wide range of meetings and we hope that in the next 52 days we will be able to see successful resolutions to the issues that we raised in our report that we have given you,” said ex-US congressman Drier
Catherine Noone, deputy leader of the Irish Senate, added:“The reality is that there are certain things that can be improved in this period, so there is some work to be done in this period and I think that there is some atmosphere of hope that it can be achieved in the country, so it remains to be seen.”
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