Tsvangirai is to face veteran President Robert Mugabe in a run-off election on June 27 and has asked the South African Development Community (SADC) to assist in organising a free and fair election.
“I have discussed with the chairperson of SADC as far as monitors and other peacekeepers,” he told a press conference.
“I am hoping that on Tuesday when they meet they will be able to concretise but I told them by the 1st of June you should put these people on the ground otherwise we don’t need them.
“You can’t have peacekeepers and observers two weeks before an election they will not be of any benefit,” he added.
No Western monitors were allowed to oversee the first ballot and teams from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) were widely criticised for giving it a largely clean bill of health.
imbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called on Saturday for peacekeepers and election monitors from the 14-member regional body SADC to be deployed in Zimbabwe by the end of May.
Tsvangirai is to face veteran President Robert Mugabe in a run-off election on June 27 and has asked the South African Development Community (SADC) to assist in organising a free and fair election. “I have discussed with the chairperson of SADC as far as monitors and other peacekeepers,” he told a press conference. “I am hoping that on Tuesday when they meet they will be able to concretise but I told them by the 1st of June you should put these people on the ground otherwise we don’t need them. “You can’t have peacekeepers and observers two weeks before an election they will not be of any benefit,” he added. No Western monitors were allowed to oversee the first ballot and teams from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU) were widely criticised for giving it a largely clean bill of health.
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