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A considerable lowering of electoral standards by the regional bloc saw Zimbabwe getting a seal of approval from the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s election observer mission (SEOM) on September 2, 2013 following a verdict that the Zimbabwe harmonized election was ‘generally credible’.

The MDC-T led by Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday said it was withdrawing a court challenge over disputed election results that gave long-time Zimbabwe tyrant President Robert Mugabe a commanding victory, saying it did not believe it would get a fair hearing.

Since the disputed elections of 2008, Zimbabwe has been run by a government of National Unity (GNU) following a disputed election whose mandate ranged from sorting out the economic messy as well as to prepare the country for a credible election, an undisputed free and election.

Zimbabweans voted in their country’s first national elections this week since the violent and disputed polls in 2008. These elections were an opportunity for Zimbabwe to move forward on a democratic path and provide a foundation for growth and prosperity.

These are trying times of extreme national anxiety. The MDC leadership has deliberately refrained from speaking prematurely on the outcomes of the election until such time that we have all the facts.

The Election Resource Centre adds its voice to the observations on the shambolic nature of the special voting process that was conducted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on the 14th and 15th of July 2013.

LONDON - After a brief ray of hope from the SADC Summit in Maputo, the week since then has seen prospects of free and fair elections again dimming as Zanu PF refuses to implement agreed reforms.

The MDC applauds the SADC summit resolution effectively reversing the unilateral, unlawful and ill-advised election date proclamation by Robert Mugabe.

The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) is calling for meaningful reforms before Zimbabweans go for polls this year.

The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), has noted with disgust reports in the edition of the Daily News on Sunday and on social media alleging that the NCA Chairperson was part of the ZANU PF list of advisors at the just ended extra-ordinary session of the SADC summit in Maputo, Mozambique.