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Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Approaches SADC Chairman Over Disputed August Elections

1 year agoWed, 27 Sep 2023 10:46:59 GMT
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Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Approaches SADC Chairman Over Disputed August Elections

The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), which is a coalition of local civil society organisations, has written to Angolan president João Lourenço, who is the current Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) chairperson, seeking the regional body’s intervention “return” Zimbabwe “to majority rule”.

In a letter seen by NewsDay, dated 18 September 2023, CiZC chairperson Peter Mutasa appealed to Lourenço that SADC considers the election observer mission reports issued by various bodies critical of how the 2023 Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections were conducted. The letter read in part:

Sadly, as expressed by the various election observer mission reports including the SADC Elections Observer Mission (SEOM), the Zimbabwe Election Support Network and the African Union-COMESA Joint EOM (AU), the elections in Zimbabwe were not free, fair or credible.

In light of that, Your Excellency, we humbly request that your office diplomatically engage Harare to assist this country in returning to majority rule.

The current electoral coup is not good for Zimbabwe, the SADC and the African Union.

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Most of the election observer missions, including SEOM, reported that the elections did not meet regional and international standards for the holding of free, fair and credible polls.

Mutasa described President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ZANU PF’s win as an “electoral coup”. He wrote:

The SADC that you lead faces the task of pre-empting and hence stopping the scourge of military coups, by averting and stopping “electoral coups” in southern Africa.

Zimbabwe must be assisted by the region to cure the bane of contested elections and governmental legitimacy which is stalling her economic recovery and sustainable growth.

As a way ahead, Mr. President, we kindly ask your esteemed office to cause a SADC extraordinary summit to meet and receive reports from all parties including our present government and us, civil society.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rejected the election outcome and has been engaging SADC leaders to intervene and call for a fresh election.

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25 Comments

Anonymous · 1 year ago
why do some people think they are gods. This impunity must STOP!!
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby che ZANU 🌊 · 1 year ago
First of all what's CiZC?? 🤣 🤣 🤣 Secondly why do they overestimate their relevance? Thirdly, why have they so overzealous? Who is paying them??, They must be investigated... One by one and have their assets t****ughly audited
Anonymous · 1 year ago
andropov · 1 year ago
Peter uridhongi majority rule hauzivi zvainoreva enda unobvunza mai vako, **** yemunhu
ka · 1 year ago
p****i Peter mbwa yemunhu
@Vhedza · 1 year ago
Kubasa is fortunate enough had it been the times of Robert he would be told to form his own party to contest 2028 elections. However it is by word of mouth that the CCC claim election fraud or stolen. There is no proof on the ground and on paper or elsewhere. If the word of mouth is stronger then we will see where it ends, let's pray to live longer and see events unfolding.
Zuze · 1 year ago
Ko Nhaiwe all the observers said the elections were a sham. swembetete kungoti Chamisa. Chamisa... SADC, AU, EU Carter Centre ALL said the elections were not free and fair
🌚🌚🌚🌚🇱🇷🇺🇦 · 1 year ago
@tafman do not bother yourself with Zanu pf people,. They 💩for brain so thinking is a hard task to them.
tafman · 1 year ago
@...dott, your memory is so short. it is the same SADC which interfered and sent a Troika in2008-2009 that resulted in the formation of GNU.
Huey Freeman · 1 year ago
we want majority rule....not a president of rural areas which have inflated populations
mwalimu · 1 year ago
Takaenda takaenda next elections 2028. Ndozvazviri.
Stubborn Gentile · 1 year ago
Hey Pindulians let's organize our selves and write a petition to God about the sham elections 😂😂😂
Zuze · 1 year ago
Be careful about definitions. Firimoni and Chifeve cheZANU will probably sign a petition and send it to ED Shweeee, their god. 🤣🤣🤣
so what · 1 year ago
we are a constitutional democracy and we have checks and balances in our system Observer missions can only recommend or suggest they cannot make decisions for us
doug · 1 year ago
No country was forced to join SADC. SADC has rules and regulations for its members, which have to be followed. SADC has many branches or organs. Not many know or remember that this very SADC was involved in Lesotho when they had some politics issues, and they were resolved. SADC is presently involved in northern Mozambique where there has been fighting of a terrorist group. SADC is more than just election observing.
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so what · 1 year ago
we are a constitutional democracy and we have checks and balances in our system Observer missions can only recommend or suggest they cannot make decisions for us
Zuze · 1 year ago
What checks and balances? With Malaba and the entire judiciary in ZANU's pockets?
Kg · 1 year ago
@zuze URI ZUZE ZVECHOKWADI. WHEN SMITH WAS IN POWER HE DIDN'T APPOINT OPPOSING BLACK JUDGES TO THE BENCH, HE TOOK PRO RACIST PRO RF JUDGES TO THE BENCH. ITS NORMAL ZUZE, YOU DON'T INSTALL PEOPLE WHO WILL WORK AGAINST YOUR INTERESTS. SO WHAT GVT DID IS RIGHT. EVEN IN AMERICA AFTER EVERY ELECTION YOU HEAR OF POSITIONAL CHANGES IN GVT TAKING PLACE. THIS IS DONE TO SAFEGUARD THE INTERESTS OF THE WINNING PARTY. SO ZANUPF IS NO EXCEPTION.
Tindo · 1 year ago
I'd really like to know how many Observer Missions came to observe the Zimbabweans elections, what their reports say. I feel it's not a bad idea to establish if MOST of them said the elections didn't meet these or those standards.
🌚🌚🌚🌚🇱🇷🇺🇦 · 1 year ago
AU, EU, Carter Centre SADC, NGO Forum Zesn Including myself. Only one and one party say they were free Ramaphosa say SADC pronouncement should have said "they are not free and fair and also unfree and unfair"
· 1 year ago
De pressure mounts.
,,,,dott · 1 year ago
hapana anoti teach Democracy iriyo yakarwira ana mai nana baba zimbabwe ,Sadac ine malimit haikwanise ku intrfare nema internal issue emuno

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