Jane Mlambo| Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson, Priscilla Chigumba has blamed the gaps in the electoral law for the post election violence that resultantly led to the death of six people after soldiers opened fire on innocent civilians who were protesting over delays in the announcement of the Presidential results.

Chigumba said she has repeatedly advised political parties represented in parliament to change laws and the electoral field even.

Making her submissions before the Commission of Inquiry today, Chigumba said, “Political parties must take this time while in Parliament to change the laws that they are not happy with so that we do not have the same situation again in 2023.”

Chigumba said ZEC could not have announced presidential elections results earlier than it did because results transmission, as provided for in the law, was “slow” as it has to be done physically.