The European Union (EU) election observer mission has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that if he fails to address problems around voter registration, constituency delimitation among other reforms, he risks undermining prospects of a free, fair and credible 2023 election.
The EU deployed a Follow-up Mission to Zimbabwe to assess the status of implementation of the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) of 2018 and discuss ways to achieve further progress on electoral reform in view of the 2023 elections.
According to a statement, the mission was headed by Elmar Brok, former Member of the European Parliament and Chief Observer of the EU EOM of the 2018 Harmonised Elections in Zimbabwe.
The Follow-up Mission met with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the Zimbabwe Media Commission, several ministries, political parties, civil society organisations, media and the international community.
In a press conference in Harare on Friday, Brok encouraged all election stakeholders to engage in good faith to push for electoral reforms.
“We strongly encourage all political parties, in consultation with civil society, to engage in good faith deliberations to amend the electoral legislation well in advance of the 2023 elections to avoid uncertainty and allow sufficient time for implementation and voter education.
“The government and the Parliament carry here special responsibilities. The goal must be free, transparent, credible and impartial elections,” he said.
The EU also noted that to date, progress on the implementation of the EU EOM recommendations has been limited, with the majority of the priority ones not yet adequately addressed.
Brok further emphasised “If the authorities and the legislators do not address recurring problems related to voter registration, constituency delimitation, level playing field in the campaign, partisan behaviour of traditional leaders and public administration, freedoms of expression, assembly and of the media, they will undermine progress towards achieving an environment conducive to a greater level of public trust in the electoral process and peaceful elections.”
Zimbabwe is set to hold harmonised elections in 2023.
Who is EU? Are the governor of Zimbabwe?
Cde Nhamodzenyika Musarira You are just asking a question you already know.. the country’s economy is crumbling the bond is like a newspaper but l know you don’t see it cause you are part of the looters who doesn’t believe in reforms
Tawanda Matanga i know and feel sad. I hate Mnangagwa with a passion but i hate too the Western rubbish of talking like we are their subjects
Cde Nhamodzenyika Musarira l get you but what they are saying is true cde..we saw what was happening the last by elections how campaigns were cancelled or banned for the opposition whilst the other was given green light bussing ppl from around the corner…
Cde Nhamodzenyika Musarira uri mhata
Supercat Lion try something this is mild.
Cde Nhamodzenyika Musarira same idiots whose own elections are controbersial too
Tawanda Matanga i get that clearly but the language of Western countries of speaking from a conialist position does not help us. So.e people will vote this evil gvt to spite the Western countries like this EU grouping.
Ndaba Nhuku they think we dont know nhai
Cde Nhamodzenyika Musarira thy are the richest PPL u go to ask Fr loans n thy are the ones who started democracy u always preach n u dnt practice it n thy are telling u to abide by the Democratic codes.anyway ur question is useless too C’s u dnt know wht even Zanu pf stands Fr so why want to know about EU better know about useless SADC
EU must go face Putin and leave us alone
Cde Nhamodzenyika Musarira Doesn’t hide, you are truly ZANUpf supporter, I know you ZANUpf Morningstars, you are clever for nothing. How can hate Mnangagwa, at the same time you hate EU which is helping majority of Zimbabweans to remove election fraudsters, Mnangagwa and ZANUpf. If you were against ZANUpf, you should have been open to accept any help, whether from EU, UN or any organisation that is helping to deliver true, free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. Even people said we are subject of those people, no problem, we just want them to help us remove ZANUpf. You are not subject, but you’re dying of hungry, what does that help? That’s why I said, you are ZANUpf.
Eu must fokof !!!!
In 2022 we are living in a global village where economies are integrated!!
So if E.U. countries say fokof to Zimbabweans working in their countries!
Will that be fine!
Our neighbors, SA does not want us anymore!!
Are we saying get fokof to EU & Mnangagwa should continue with the way he rums the elections!!
Cde Nhamodzenyika Musarira your name says a lot comfortable nenhamo, who will you export to imi muchituka macustomer
Solomom Maoneke i hste its colonial posturing. Allowing thst to pass unchallenged we will a givernir representing the EU in Nelson Chamisa and they will ductate whom we shoukd smike at . I hate the big boss language to a sovereign state. If you dont understand why i csn hate bith know tgst i never supported a ciup de tat led by a tribalist whi has oppressed anyone who is not from Masvibho and Midlands
Supercat Lion kutuka kukurirwa kufunga uye kufumura hunhu hwedzinza rako
Nsindamanzi Mabhodlamanzi Kwakhe you need Gukurahundi l can see that because you are stll in a blanket of zanu pf.
Supercat LionSupercat Lion you are colonised minded wake up and smell the coffee
Nsindamanzi Mabhodlamanzi Kwakhe Nokuti Mnangagwa waunoda ndiye ari kuiteikowo. Unotaura se benzi iwe, fokofo yadii ipapa?
Supercat Lion you are stooping too low!!
Supercat Lion that is ypur opinion. .
A Zimbabwean junior doctor takes home Z$35,000 after deductions.
6kgs of meat now costs Z$25,000 in Zimbabwe.
That is more than two thirds of a doctor’s salary in Zimbabwe.
Nurses and teachers earn much less.
A country can never be run through crude propaganda and lies folks!
For 4 years I have been publicly advising this regime to stop looting public funds and the nation’s natural resources.
I predicted that it would get to this, but the regime and its supporters called me a detractor and unpatriotic for not supporting the misguided policies!
Now we are here!
Goodnight folks!
Jiggaman Gombaz artificial hyper inflation….
Tafadzwa Bomber Chitekwe artificial intelligence…..��� If I may ask u who is running big business is Zimbabwe. Aren’t thy Zanu pf PPL.starting Frm farming until to the last butcher where the meat goes to the public it’s Zanu pf.if it was or if it’s other PPL why thy cnt close those businesses which are causing higher inflation.let them close let the government take there licences.
Jiggaman Gombaz Tibvire ku mhepo iwe… Tell those puppets masters of yours to remove the satanic economic sanctions on us first then we will talk of zanupf failure not these induced economic challenges. Nooooo.
Don’t waste time on Tafadzwa he/she is a product of Hebert Chitepo school of ideology
Simba Georgeson what’s the meaning of trade embargo and if you may highlight on the effects of trade embargo?
Simba Georgeson I am male.
Scotty Waison I have said it’s artificial hyper inflation and its man made, never mentioned who is behind the strategy and to my surprise……….😂😂😂😂😂
Tafadzwa Bomber Chitekwe I know wht u said.and I referred to it as artificial intelligence C’s u dnt know who is running businesses in Zimbabwe.frm bakeries to butchers, anything tht is of value in Zim it’s Zanu pf.worse inflation is caused by printing stupid money then if it fails u blame third force.if u want to know much go n ask ED n Zanu pf
Jiggaman Gombaz well you were & are right. They can call us what they want.
Scotty Waison imbwa yemunhu
Tim Changai imbwa yemunhu
Scotty Waison is your statistics official or hear/say? not only chamisa but some ccc and opposition guys have investments here in Zimbabwe.
And america through opposition are doing all they can to make things hard for ordinary Zimbabweans. So there is a possibility for them americans to push and use anyone and anything to achieve regime change in Zimbabwe.
Jiggaman Gombaz zvadzama nhaika.wanyatsobatwa pakadzikadzika.chokwadi chagara chinorwadza wangu.majairwa kuvhundutsira vanhu bt inini handikutye kutondituka watobdiwedzera power rekurwisa Zanu pf.mese makaputirwa nechiparty chisisina basa chasakara newe hauchinawo tariro nacho.
Tim Changai tell ur EVIL 😈 masters to STOP ✋️ corruption whilst under sanctions!! What do u want from the West anyway????? You condemned them yonks ago till tday! Forget sanctions & STOP ✋️ STEALING u fat cows 🐄 😤
Scotty Waison america has a solid $100.00 note but prices are way way low.
And what backs american $ to be firm?
Tafadzwa Bomber Chitekwe same old broken record.let me ask u Fr how many tyms hv Zanu pf used ths kind of language and PPL where listening.bt now PPL mostly citizens HV opened there eyes u cnt use tht kind of propaganda anymore.regime change is needed as of yesterday C’s of corruption.oppression, segregation,brutality, unemployment, a lot of all those things being practicesd by Zanu pf today PPL want change of government.yes everybody cn invest in there own country bt CN u tell me one of the business which is owned by CCC member which cn sabotage the government of the day or C’s inflation.America cn nt be involved in Zimbabwe issues C’s strategically we dnt HV anything thy want or tht cn be used in there economy.look at Ukraine thy are pumping billions just Fr Ukraine to win the war C’s thy know Ukraine HV got products which are needed the world over even u Zanu pf PPL are now hiding wth Ukraine saying the war there is affecting zimbabwe.at tyms u HV to admit that u HV failed C’s if u are a minister of the government of the day n u are interested in business too u make policies tht will protect ur business n tht will lead to failure.now the government is printing money just to prove a point tht thy cn turn around the economy bt the big question is Zimbabweans dollar or RTGS cn it go n buy across the boaders.if nt then how cn the economy grow then.
Tafadzwa Bomber Chitekwe there money is used out of america.there money is backed by gold reserves which are of value nt Zim dollar which is backed by nothing.u produce gold bt u dnt HV any reserves.u steal gold of about $100 million every month n u sell it n put money in ur foreign accounts nt reserve Bank n u expect it to grow shame
Tafadzwa Bomber Chitekwe You’re the product of misguided elements if you think that Zimbabwean problems are caused by Americans and external forces. After 43 years of Self Independence and Zanu PF in power you still blame Bush, Clinton, or Biden?
Jiggaman Gombaz iwewe unenge usingagonewo kuverengawo iwe ko wange wondituka Kuti ndadiiko apo nditori divi rako uromboko haikona
Scotty Waison another country’s currency can not buy in another country exept in Namibia were you can buy with RSA rands. If you are traveling to another country you convert your money and they issue you with traveller’s cheques which you go to a bank of the country you have visited.
Due to trade embargo and sanctions that facility was removed from banks which are operating in Zimbabwe….Fighting a currency of a fourth world country like Zimbabwe is very easy. You don’t need to own a big company in it. The moment you take away investor’s confidence everything falls apart… And they are plenty ways of fighting against a country’s currency…..
Scotty Waison don’t mention propaganda just answer the questions I am asking you….
Tafadzwa Bomber Chitekwe investor confidence kkkkkkk haina nyaya mhani iwe.ED stole an election it starts Frm there.investors dnt come in a country wth bad politics never.u cnt steal an election zviripachena n expect the world to do business wth u never thy run away.a good example is Zambia look how flourishing it is today C’s of good politics.usd was n is being used world over on trade C’s of its value u cnt do tht on Zim dollar
Tafadzwa Bomber Chitekwe oil trades in USD world over.and u cn change USD at any boarder of any country in the word bt u cnt do tht to a Zim dollar.a pula or Rand u cn change it even Mozambique Mets u cn change is on any boarder why Zim.cs it’s useless toilet paper.
Kenneth Gendi Zimbabwe is particularly independent. 1st thing, the britons didn’t owner the lancaster agreement. From 1980 to 1990 we were using rhodesia crafted law and by laws. And in 1999 the constitution was supposed to be changed but people voted No, meaning the law governing Zimbabwe was crafted by the pink rhodies. The law is being amended and adopted slowly. #_So_we_are_independent_verbally_not_economically_.
Worse ur Ed came through a coup who wants to work wth a coup president
We are not Europeans
Arnold Nkufa so what is happening is fine!
Arnold Nkufa no but when you hang out the begging bowl you become the tail & NOT the head. Remember that! The lender calls the shots
Mnangagwa won’t survive next year no matter how duty he tries to play
Adolf Adoe Shava we need to fight rigging and stand on ballot paper to be counted fairly
Otherwise this time we need to go to war to take this country back
We can’t wait for another 42 years
Yes we need to mobilize let’s register in numbers we need 1 million votes to win upright
Adolf Adoe Shava you speak as if you were not there back in 2018 when they unleashed solders. Are you ready to face them come 2023? If you are ready then you are ready to die. War is the only way Zanu can be removed. If you think voting in numbers will change anything you are misteken coz this will not be the first time we have voted in numbers. Remember the last time they took 3 months to cook the results. People had voted in numbers. Zanu cannot be removed by votes alone. They need war
Ronald Mapfumo 2018 is history they can’t do that again
Adolf Adoe Shava shame. You probably said the same thing when you heard people like me telling you back in 2017 that Zanu will not be removed by votes alone. I’m sure you said the same words that this time you were going to bit ED since it was his first time as the President. You probably said the same thing again back in 2012 towards the elections of 2013. You probably said the same thing back in 2007 towards 2008 that this time you were going to put the opposition in the office. You are making the same mistake again this year of denying this fact that Zanu cannot and will never be removed by elections in 2023.
Doing the same thing over and over thinking it will bring different results you know what that is. It’s insanity. You know there are no electoral reforms yet you think Zanu will announce good and fair results on ZBC TV. Guys come on.
Ronald Mapfumo that’s what you think they will lose to extent of accepting defeat
Adolf Adoe Shava it’s not what I think. It’s the facts. They lost dismally in 2008 and what they do. What makes you think they can’t repeat the same thing. Also the person who denied defeat back then is ED himself and is the one ruling now.
Continue to give yourselves a false hope guys. Just wait and see how many people will be killed from now and during and after the elections for them to stay in power. Another 2008 is coming and the people like always will be scared to revolt and 5 more years of suffering are loading.
Mark my words. If people will not revolt this time we shall suffer for the coming 5 years. A revolution is the only way we can remote Zanu by burning Zim to ashes until they go. Shutdowns don’t work. We need to burn Zim and make it ungovernable with the message that they should go or if they don’t want to go then they will rule Zim in ashes. Without that Zanu will never go with votes alone coz they will kill next year to stay in power. If we are not ready to die through fighting then CCC will have to form a GNU.
Ja Kay I support that
Adolf Adoe Shava let’s hope so guys coz even me I can’t vote because I know that this guys will do something even if we win but our chances are low. Unless we change vote strategy lyk obbama and Trump
EU, SADC, AU they’re all useless bucking for nonsense
If we believed in reforms then we should have sorted out that from 2008 to 2013 when we had more MPs than Zanu PF and we were part of the Government that period.
Mashumba Benson Zanupf blocked any reforms during the period, you mentioned!
The problem Zanupf has never accepted the existence an official opposition party in Zimbabwe
Mashumba Benson You should understand that the problem during that period was in the resistance of the top Civil service ie Permanent Secretaries and their ilk. Mugabe simply moved govt power into administration and the MDC had too many lawyers without administrative finesse so nothing moved. They should have negotiated for the appointment of Permanent Secretaries. The same problem is visible in Town councils where the Town Clerk is very powerful.
EU, SADC, AU makatiregerera kare kubva Mugabe achipo nyararai henyu , tichazvipedza tega
To hell with EU ntoni ntoni
Tsek
Nonsense
Leave us alone. Is Eu the African prefect now. You have imposed your illegal economic satanic sanctions on us for close to 22 years now in the hope of a regime change in Zim … We don’t give a damn and we won’t buckle. We had to fight a bloody war of attrition to get our rights and country back . Where were you if it wasn’t for Russia and china who gave us weapons to dislodge the rabid racist rhodesians your kith and kin. Now you have the audacity to tell us what to do in our country . Get lost eu . Brick by brick we will build our nation good enough for our future generations…
He is disgusting
SADC, AU doesn’t care about Zimbabwe
SA , Botswana doesn’t want Zimbabweans!
If Mnangagwa wins next near, where are we going to run!
EU failed to sanction Russia and they are sanctioning themselves over Russia/Ukraine, what do they want to lecture us
Fortune Chirume you maybe right!
But if drought struck, you must also refuse their aid!
I have never seen food aid in Zimbabwe from Russia or Children!
Maybe they are there in your area I wonder!
Ngaapinde hake mukomana
As who?
Tendai Maginah we Zimbabweans are funny, the next thing you will seeking asylum in E.U!
Ncagu Sbhamusogodo KaSibungusodaka They are also in Zim,as asylum seekers we don’t control them,they must not control us.
Tendai Maginah
I don’t think you know, what asylum seeking is??
USA robbed Donald Trump. Nothing was happened. They can not lecture us how we must live. We are not Europeans.
Black people get killed by police officers in their face day and night, zimbabwe don’t need Europeans but Zimbabweans
Yangova noise in the end no one seem to care about it.
Is Mnangagwa concerned about their double standards
EU inei nezveku Africa 😅😅😅😅😂
It’s like asking a dictator to vote himself out
the problem is that these Europeans see us as fools and domkops who cant govern themselves,they have a war between Russia and Ukraine,let them concentrate on that!
Are they done with the Ukraine issue
Mkuda Mafusire we want those voices
Mkuda Mafusire mukutyei mukoma?
Sydney Shonai u want those voice, mavoice iwawo asiya Ukraine ravadongo mungwarire EU yenyu
Paulina Jecha nothing at all just surprised by the double standards perpetrators
Mkuda Mafusire cool
Forget about free and fair elections in Zimbabwe
It’s quiet good if they talk than this nonsense SADC and AU
Inzwirashezhou Zhou vaudzeyi makuruwani