Opposition polling agents flee Bikita

The Elections Watch

29 March 2008
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Polling Agents dissert their stations!

The National Command Centre has learnt that opposition polling agents in various parts of Masvingo, have been denied access to their respective polling stations. It has emerged that in Bikita West constituency, riot police has been deployed and running amok on any person suspected to be linked to NCA and Youth Forum after the arrest of the 10 activists in that area.

The riot police stationed in Bikita are reported to have been deployed from Masvingo, leading to their arbitrary threats on the polling officers. The polling agents had to flea for their dear life, deserting the polling stations. By the time of going to press the agents had not returned to their polling stations.

However, Bulawayo and Midlands have managed to deploy agents at all polling stations. The denial of opposition polling agents access to polling stations is clear evidence of the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ)’s a signal of how the GoZ is determined to manipulate the already flowed process in its favour.

Mashonaland Central…

Meanwhile, on the 27th of March 2008, motorist and public transport drivers were forced by soldiers to divert their routes to attend President Robert Mugabe’s rally which was held in Bindura, in Mashonaland Central province.

Some of the people forced to attend the rally were passengers who were on their way to Harare to do their businesses ahead of the harmonized elections. Soldiers forced the passengers to wear Zanu PF T-shirts and chant to Zanu-PF slogans.

Another Zimbabwe is Possible!