Voters in the city seemed enthusiastic about the referendum called to decide the fate of the country’s new constitution which has been endorsed by the country’s three main political parties—Zanu (PF), MDC-T and MDC-N, in addition to several smaller parties.
At the opening of the polls at 7.00am there was a long queue snaking around David Livingstone PrimarySchool, one of the polling stations dotted around the city.
One of the voters, Kurai Zindi, expressed his satisfaction with the way the referendum was being conducted.
“It’s good because I did not spend any time in the queue as I had expected when I arrived. In fact I hesitated because it was so long but surprisingly it was very quick,” Zindi said.
The trend was the sane at the polling stations around town including Girls High School and Blakiston Primary School.
In the city centre at Town House and Joina City voting started slowly but picked up later.
One of the polling officers told The Zimbabwean that there were numerous polling stations in the city centres to ensure that people would attend to their personal business after voting.
Most voters interviewed said they were optimistic that a new constitution would bring better fortunes to Zimbabwe.
The proposed constitution has been vehemently opposed by some civic organisations led by the National Constitutional Assembly fronted by University of Zimbabwe law professor, Lovemore Madhuku, on the basis that it was not people-driven and voters were given sufficient time to familiarise with its contents.
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