By Own Correspondent| Zanu-PF presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa has on the eve of election day urged Zimbabweans not to vote for MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa arguing that his endorsement by former president Robert Mugabe was a reflection that he does not want to rebuild Zimbabwe.

Mnangagwa’s statement was a response to Mugabe’s utterances made today (Sunday) at his blue roof residence to journalists where he vowed that he would never vote for Zanu Pf.

In a video uploaded on his official Facebook page, Mnangagwa calls on Zimbabweans not to vote for Chamisa alleging that he had forged a deal with Mugabe hence he had no capacity to rebuild Zimbabwe.

Watch the full video here:

Below is the Electoral law which forbids any form of campaigning two days before the election:

“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.”

Instead of reporting Mnangagwa to the police, the country’s elections body, ZEC reported the MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa to the police for violating the law after his lawyer held a press conference at Meikles hotel.

Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Moyo told journalists that the MDC Alliance was not happy with the ZEC conduct since the elections body had 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.