In an interview with SA Talk Radio 702, Tsunga said Mugabe remained in power as a loser, because of the army, the police and the security personnel. The legitimacy of his presence in office was both politically and legally challenged.
He wants to reverse this by stealing the result, said Tsunga. Mugabe is determined to stay in power and will most likely try to steal the election at the point of counting or announcing the votes. That is a tragedy and the main problem is logistical and operational as opposed to purely political. We need adequate numbers of domestic and international observers deployed [in time] to protect the people’s vote.
He said the African Union and Southern African Development Community (SADC) needed to concentrate efforts on ensuring there were enough observers to cover the 8,000 to 9,000 polling stations.
As things stand now, it seems there will only be 400 to 500 SADC and AU observers present. This is an inadequate amount and failure to beef up the numbers and to deploy them immediately will be tantamount to complicity, as the need for this has been known by SADC and the AU for a long time.
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