Mt Pleasant voting slowed by cops

THE voting exercise in Mt. Pleasant in the capital Harare’s northern areas was characterized by a heavy presence of police officers receiving preferential treatment at the polling stations.

The officers were bussed into Alexandra Park, and Belgravia Sports Club among other polling stations from undisclosed destinations, forcing most voters who had been in the queue since 7 am to spend the whole day there.

When leader of the African Union (AU) delegation, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, arrived at Belgravia sports club before 8 am, he informed people in the queue that he had recommended for a faster voting process and setting up of two queues.

Some of the police recruits were washing their hands after they were found to be having a red substance believed to shoe polish and the queue was still moving reasonably fast before it begun to suffer with the influx of the police officers who jumped straight to the front of the queue.

At 10:00 am there were many of the police officers arriving and voting whilst the main queue remained stagnant at Belgravia Sports Club.

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