The United States says it has noted what it calls systemic bias against the political opposition during the pre-election period in Zimbabwe.
It has called on the country’s electoral commission to make disaggregated polling station results available to increase confidence in the vote counting process.
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party has labelled the poll as fraudulent after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission declared PresidentState Dept Spokesperson, Matthew Miller, said the U.S. government also strongly condemned the intimidation and disruption of lawful election observation in accordance with the Electoral Act, arguing that those arrests prevented efforts to independently verify the results announced by ZEC.
The U.S. also indicated that threats directed against the Southern African Development Commission Observer Mission were dangerous and called on the Zimbabwean government to cease these inflammatory and unacceptable attacks.accused the ZEC of failing to adhere to the Constitution, Electoral Act and even the SADC region electoral guidelines.
He called on political actors to peacefully settle any disputes through established legal and institutional channels. In a statement released by his spokesperson, the UN Chief expressed concern about a number of issues.
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