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ZEC BOOB: Mnangagwa Broke The Law And ZEC Rushed To Report Chamisa To The Police
29 July 2018
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Analysis| The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission watched as presidential candidate, Emmerson Mnangagwa broke the law – published a full video de-campaigning another candidate, Nelson Chamisa.

Instead of reporting Mnangagwa to the police, ZEC went on to report MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa.

Earlier in the day, Chamisa’s lawyer met at a coffee outpost in a Harare hotel, Meikles where he announced a complaint saying ZEC has broken the law on many fronts making it difficult for the upcoming election to be free and fair.

It was because of that meeting that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) reported Chamisa to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for electoral crime.

Meanwhile, in Mnangagwa’s attack on Chamisa, the incumbent also reacted to his former boss Robert Mugabe’s endorsement of Chamisa saying it is clear the MDC Alliance Presidential candidate does not want to transform Zimbabwe.

Below is an extract from what the Electoral Amendment Law states about holding press campaigns, and publishing statements 24 hours before elections. It states that:

“For the whole of today, Sunday 29th July, and tomorrow Monday 30th July until polling stations close, all political parties and candidates must stop the following campaign activities:

  •  convening or holding public gatherings
  • publishing advertisements or statements promoting or opposing a particular party or candidate
  • campaigning or displaying campaign material within 300 metres of a polling station or counting centre.

“All this is laid down in paragraph 7 of the Electoral Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Candidates and Other Stakeholders [in the Fourth Schedule to the Electoral Act. The current code was composed by the major political parties and incorporated in the Electoral Act by the recent Electoral Amendment Act, 2018.

“All candidates taking part in the elections had to submit a signed copy of this Electoral Code of Conduct when lodging their nomination papers. Parties and candidates cannot, therefore, plead ignorance of the Code’s contents as a defence to alleged breaches.”