Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo

National People’ s Party(NPP) has castigated the ruling party Zanu PF for abusing police officers during the just ended primary elections.

NPP Spokesperson Jeffryson Chitando said:
“The Zanu PF primary elections clearly showed that the ruling party abused ZRP officers by forcing them to act as returning presiding officers.

ZRP is a government department not an organ of Zanu PF. Can any other political party use or hire ZRP officers (for no fee) as presiding officers during primary elections?”

“ZRP is funded by the taxpayer’s money.Taxpayers support various political parties.
We want a clear separation of the party and government,” said Chitando.