Special polling for civil servants, security sector employees and diplomatic missions started today and will end tomorrow.
When The Zimbabwean visited the area at around 12 noon, scores of police officers could be seen milling around with frustration being evident among the law enforcement agents.
A polling agent who spoke to The Zimbabwean said that by 12 noon, only
eight police officers had cast their votes out of an expected number of 737 who are supposed to vote at the school.
The Zimbabwean discovered that by that time, only 14 envelopes with ballot papers had been delivered to the school.
“The process is going on at a snail’s pace here and right now, we have been forced to stop because there are no ballot papers. Only 14 envelopes with the ballot papers have been delivered since morning and out of that, only eight people have cast their votes,” said the polling agent.
She told The Zimbabwean that as a result of the development, some of the police officers eventually left the place.
“In the morning, there were a lot of people who had turned up but after seeing that the process was slow, some of them eventually left.
We had a huge crowd than the one you are seeing now,” said the polling agent.
She said that there was no communication from the presiding officer as to the way forward.
When approached for comment, the presiding officer, identified as Imbayarwo refused to divulge information concerning the development.
“I am not in a position to give you the statistics or any other information because I will have to wait for authorisation from my superiors. What you have seen is what is obtaining on the ground but I am not in a position to make any comment,” he said.
SADC observers who were at the school declined to comment saying an official report will be prepared after the end of the special voting system.
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