US govt to use by-elections as litmus test for democracy in Zimbabwe

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The United States government has said it is going to use upcoming by-elections in Zimbabwe as a litmus test for the level of democracy in the country.

Zimbabwe is set to hold by-elections on the 26th of March to fill the vacant seats in the National Assembly and local government following the mass recall of MDC Alliance MPs and councillors by the smaller opposition MDC-T.

Other seats became vacant because of death.

The US Embassy in Harare said it will tweet several examples of “what our government sees as the criteria for a free and fair election.”

“March by-elections and the 2023 harmonized elections give the Government of Zimbabwe a chance to show that #ZimVotesMatter, especially if it honors its commitment to level the playing field by undertaking #ZimElectoralReform.

“This week @usembassyharare will tweet several examples of what our government sees as the criteria for a free and fair election. Stated in the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) and also in Zimbabwe’s own constitution, these values have remained constant.”

These ZIDERA sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe in 2001 by the US. They were meant to influence a change in the behavior of the Zanu PF regime, particularly in the area of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

Zimbabwe is again set to hold its harmonised general elections scheduled in 2023. Nehanda Radio

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4 years ago

Thus good

4 years ago

Haaaaa pa red zvapo

4 years ago

Who are they?

4 years ago

Vakavhura ziso kuti Chamisa achaitwei

Tererai Zivanai U.S are masters / Gods of this universe

4 years ago

Why should we answer to the US

Naztheproducer Rsa Why do u use US$

4 years ago

Havana kana basa avo

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai Maginah kana vasina basa ngenyi kuti nyaudza kuti maSanctions ndoadhakwisa nyika ana Henrieta Rushwaya vachiba gold vasingasungwe? Ma15 billion ema Diamonds izvezvi maChina ari kudzinga vanhu pamisha dzavo maSanctions futi mapihwa maVaccine? 😂 Ukazoziva kuti UN Security council chii and US in veto unobatsirika. Dictator umwe akadzurwa mubako vamwe vachiti havana basa sezvauri kuita. 😂😂😂🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️muSADC izvezvi Zimbabwe haisisina power riya and Thabo Mbeki haasi kuzoti there is no crisis again (tarisa masettings ari paSA) unobatsirika ndangoti ndikupindure 🚶‍♂️

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Brighton K Charangwa machinja munonetsa nama accusations chete,chinonzi evidence hamutombode kunzwa nezvacho,kutofarira kuti dzimwe nyika dziite panish your own people kuti muwane power chete ,22 years on mungori ipapo and worse

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai Maginah What are u on about? 😂 are going to a have a discourse analysis all u will just try to shift the attention with nonsense. Ndamupindura and for your own information since we live in a global village Zec yakatodedza maObservers all over. Saka zvekuti America iri kuongorora shouldnt be an issue at all 😂 well those targetted sanctions ari kupihwa mbavha ana Tagwirei I fully support coz madusvura haazvione kuti ndovari kuondonga nyika. Saka akanzi haakwire ndege kuenda mhiri zvino affector economy papi? 😂 Poor government/governance. 42years muOffice chabuda hapana zvinhu zvakasiiwa naSmith nxa. Muchasvinura henyu 😂😂😂

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Brighton K Charangwa Get yourself informed first,imi munombono observer nyika dzipiwo mu global village menyu?😂😂,ana titongeiwo,Saka ana Kuda Musasiwa varipowo here pa ‘targeted’ ipapo?,Smith ndiye anga atotibira zintu zedu,hakuna mutengesi anotonga Zimbabwe,tazviramba izvozvo (in RG Mugabes voice).

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai Maginah warranting u a response is a waste of time🤦‍♂️ u still dont get why I spoke about the global village 😂 please stop exposing yourself for being a Border Gezi graduate lol. MaObserver anenge atoriko nemaNews Agencies havatorambidzwe ndokuti democracy something which u know nothing about. Vanotobvumidza diaspora vote and hapana opposition inovharirwa road. Chete majaira zveCommand kkkkkk iwewe wazviramba wakamira sani? 🤣🤣🤣 interesting times ahead plus mabvisiro akaitwa mugabe kana wakambonzwa kuti history has a funny way of repeating itself zvinogona kuitika 🤣 masoja akutoita maPiece job ema Armed robberies and the citizens a fed up with nonsense. Iwe woti wazviramba kkkkkkk maCitizens achitiwo kudii? 😂 maWarvets akutojamuka and zuro uno paZANU Headquaters noise yanga isiri yekuRigger here pachenyu 🤣🤣🤣

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai Maginah urichii iwe nyarara muromo usiri right tirikutambura country as a whole because of our pilitical failures ,,and coup yaED made it worst ..as a country we can not remain in isolation ,,we need others

Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai Maginah U.S is the only way, truth, peace & life

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai Maginah uridofo ndini ndadaro

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Praise Mukuze Dofo ndiwe enda ubviswe huswa kumeso uko.

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tafirenyika Mabhunu Mhofu says the one with slave mentality

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Thomas Dzamara iwe uri chii ,chokwadi ndechekuti nyika iri kutambura because of ma idiots akakumbira ma sanctions kuti vanhu vatambure then vovavhotera but takazviramba izvozvo,hakuna mutengesi anotonga Zimbabwe.

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai MaginahTendai MaginahMaginah urimurakashi urikudya naEdiot ,,dai zvisizvo usiri kutaura zvinonhuwa.Sanctions api imi muchiluta,,billions of dollars muchitambisa vanhu tichitambura hamuna tsitsi varakashi

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

idzi dzinonzi tendai magina hadzizivewo zvadzinoda dzamboti hadzina basa neAmerica at the same time dzirikuchema futi nemasanctions ndovanhu vanodzorera nyika kumashure ava enemy of progress

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Thomas Dzamara Ehe Ndiri murakashi,iwe uri muchinja basa rekutengesa nyika,heartless people,kuuraya vanhu nenhamo kuti vakupei vote,manje hamufe makaluma.

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai MaginahTendai MaginahMaginah haaa a botylicker ,,ndimi munofongoreswa mumahofisi nezvimadhara izvi..haa hanzvadzi hapana chisingaperi when change is coming no one will stop it..read the bible zvirimo izvi zvirikuitika munyika..handisi muchinja but a Zimbabwean who is hurt a lot nechiZanu ichi

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai Maginah ko zvamunoziva chaozvo tivhurirei zvikoro vana vanodzidza vana havasati vamakirwa ma Test imi ndopamuchiri kuzvirova dudundu vakomana ,momuka rinhi nhaiwe

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Sekai Gwanzura imi ndimi muchamuka,mosiyana be sabotaging your own.

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Thomas Dzamara iwe ndiwe chete une freedom of choice here?,ko hee madhara,ko Vabereki vako zvadziri chembere havasisiri vanhu here,inga iwewe grey hair yakutotanga pane asingachembere here?,iwe kana usingagone kuzvishandira uchiita basa rekufongoreswa usatifananidze newe.

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Tendai MaginahTendai MaginahMaginah uri duzvi sha

4 years ago
Reply to  Tendai Maginah

Thomas Dzamara Duzvi ndiwe nema siblings ako usafananidze vanhu nemi.

4 years ago

Who is US ,,asi ndovanokupai Mari ?We as small as we are we are also humans just like them .They aren’t special humans

4 years ago
Reply to  Rimwe Tineyi

Rimwe Tineyi I wish we were all equal like you are saying. It’s unfortunate we are not. As humans we are equal but as people we are not. Even among blacks there are VIPs! We live in a white man’s world, painful as it is. America is a superpower, they do almost as they please.

4 years ago

Nonsense

U.S is the only way ,peace, truth & life

4 years ago

As long as Africans don’t want to unite en create their own ‘African System’, it’s a great pity Greater Nations like the United States of America will continue taking Africa en Africans fi a joke.Is America a Champion of Democracy? Is Democracy not a Great Lie? If it is not a great Lie why is the World Nations not Political Stable…’Africracy!’…Africa must create her own African System that is not monitored, controlled en directed by the greatest Liars ever existed on Planet Earth…..The US!

4 years ago

F..k USA why worried about other countries like thy own the world it’s time for us Africans to own our everyone

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