By Nyashadzashe Ndoro | Nehanda Politics |
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has admitted that some polling stations had no agents during the last presidential election and vowed that the main opposition would not repeat the same mistake in the upcoming 2023 plebiscite.
Soon after the 2018 election, Chamisa rejected his 51%-44% controversial defeat by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. But the MDC Alliance admitted it did not have data from a fifth of the nearly 11,000 polling stations used in the July 30 election which is attributed to its lack of polling agents.
Addressing mourners at the burial of senior party member the late Gogo Joe, Chamisa said the MDC Alliance had learnt from the recent Zambian election where the United Party for National Development (UPND) won elections despite being the opposition.
He also said that the party would not repeat the same mistake of not having electoral agents.
“When we came from Zambia, we realised that things have changed. We went there to take the wind of change to cross it through Zambezi into Zimbabwe. Wait and see.
“We are not going to repeat the mistakes we made of having polling stations without agents. The issue of having someone to tell us who has won.
“Some are afraid that he may refuse to hand over power. Wait, we have a plan. We are not going to wait for the vote but we are making sure that everyone who is supposed to support the leadership is embraced,” he said.
Party Secretary for Elections, Councillor Ian Makone who addressed the media in Harare on Wednesday afternoon said that with or without reforms, his party would participate in the election. Nehanda Radio
Y he wasted our time going to con court. As an advocate he would have accepted the defeat and focus for 2023
The party must be very serious on that plus V11 forms once beaten twice shy
ZEC needs to be independent.
Go to hell motherf…r
🤔🤔that’s not a mistake guys,learn to accept kana maita nohupenzi,what were you thinking?
Kkkkk
Only way zec must be desolved en re structured
How do you get polling agents to remote rural areas like Uzumba without sacrificing their lives from… https://t.co/RZTc0Jnhjt
take your campaign to rural areas
Famba Nero
I would be a polling agent for MRP
My own view about Zim politics is that for now do not expect an opposition party to win elections….unless Zimbabwe is free from colonial dictators who have imposed illegal sanctions on Zim economy. So dear citizens….you can rant lungs out about voting in a free environment which is not there….because the political level ground is not even. That’s the truths. The revolutionary party will not concede defeat to the opposition . Period. I know the truth hurts soo much. But ndozviripo. Chamisa and other opposition leaders know it. Varikutoshandawo. If you are wise…do not waste your time that change is coming…maybe change yemari ….or maybe in another life. Chotongwavha ngwavhayi or mucharamba muri veshure se mh… yembudzi.
Emmanuel Mwasangwale saka maSanctions apinda papi
Marcus Major simply that even if Chamisa put telescopes …and cameras to monitor elections ….it’s a waste of time for now with the current situation Zimbabwe is in.
It shows hupenzi kusarongeka nekusavimba nezvaurikuita don’t take chances guys vofunga kuti zvinogofuma zvanzi u win a really match of four athletes iye one wenyu atyoka gumbo hazviite
Wakuzviona ikezvino wakaregerei kuzvitaura pawaozviiti wawinner maelections uchiuraisa vanhu pedzezvo wotadxa kubuditsa mV11 ,,, asi chokwadi uchichixiva hako
Ivo vacho vaivamo makava bhadhara hre vese?
😂 😂no wonder why you failed to prove that elections were rigged? You have support but you lack the skill that qualifies you to be a President
You should be focused on the voter registrations now, mobilizing people and pushing for clear and adequate voter egistration offices
Someone ought to have been punished for that embarrassment
The problem is not about not having polling agents but rather whether your polling agents have the ca… https://t.co/2OZuPasNk3
wazobvuma kuti wakadyiwa no matter what you do ED is 10 steps ahead #Edgamechanger pa2023 we will by… https://t.co/eX5gGSua4V