The election’s credibility was fundamentally undermined by intimidation and silencing, civil-society groups say
In an election tainted by widespread voter intimidation and the arrest of independent observers, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared the winner over opposition leader Nelson Chamisa by a margin of 53 per cent to 44 per cent.
Mr. Chamisa, leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change, said the official result was “a blatant and gigantic fraud” and vowed to find a way to overturn the result. But Mr. Mnangagwa said he was pleased with the election and dared the opposition to try to launch a court challenge. Similar concerns were raised repeatedly by international observers in recent days, including official African monitoring groups that have traditionally rubberstamped most elections on the continent.
36,000 villages across the country, where they put pressure on people to vote “in a particular manner” and warned them that their ballots would be easy to discern. The Carter Center, a U.S.-based monitoring group, said the election “took place in a restricted political environment” and its administration “lacked independence and transparency in key areas.” Instead of passing electoral reforms, Zimbabwe’s parliament had targeted civil society and silenced the government’s political opponents in the months leading up to the vote, it said.
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