The accusation was made by the MDC-T secretary general and outgoing Finance Minster, Tendai Biti, who addressed journalists at the party headquarters Thursday, appealing to Membe to withdraw his statement.
Biti said the Tanzanian Foreign Minister had on Monday September 2nd, presented what he “purported” to be the summary statement to SADC’s final report on the July 31st elections.
“That summary statement is not a summary statement of the final report of the SADC Observer Mission. The final report of the Observer Mission has not been produced and all Zimbabweans and SADC itself are still awaiting and are still demanding the production of that final report,” Biti said.
He stressed that it is important that the final report be produced “so that there is an honest and fuller analysis of the omissions and commissions that surrounded the 31st of July election”.
Biti said that Membe’s statement actually contained findings and conclusions which were derived from a SADC interim report that was presented a few days after the July 31st elections, on the 2nd August.
Biti explained that the interim report included findings that questioned the credibility of the elections, particularly issues to do with the voter registration exercise, the number of assisted voters, the media and more significantly, the voters roll.
“Even now, more than a month after the holding of elections, no-one in Zimbabwe, except the powers that be, has got a copy of the electronic voters’ roll. That was picked up in the interim report,” Biti told reporters.
The MDC-T also released a statement accusing Membe of misrepresenting SADC.
“We have inquired with a number of SADC countries and the SADC Secretariat, who have professed ignorance to the existence of this report. Further, Mr. Membe makes reference to a full report of SADC which he was summarizing from. However, this full report is still to be produced,” the statement said.
The MDC-T described Membe’s statement as “self contradictory, inconsistent and incoherent”, saying it raised “issues that render the 31 July 2013 election unfair and not credible and at the same time concludes and elevates the election to a credible one”.
“We know that this report has not been universally endorsed by all SADC member states and that there were dissenting voices even in the Observer Mission itself,” the statement concluded. – SW Radio Africa News
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Membe’s final report must be respected.final is final….an opposition Party can oppose you even though you say to them you want to go to the TOILET,,,they oppose anything…carry-on Guys opposing aything for the next 5 Years…that is a democratic Country…so do it….
ndlovu you are a typical example of ignorant ,dull ,foolish& stupid person .Go read more about the principles of democracy and see if 1voters are intimidated or harassed by aspiring candidates 2 dead people still appear in voters roll for what,3 literate &educated people like teachers in rural are assisted to vote for what 4people are ferried from one constituent to another (rural to urban) during voting for what 5why printing 8million ballot papers when only 6million registered 6why depriving other parties voters roll on time for them to verify.ID books for dead people fake registration slips plus wasting the little money to pay Nikuv its a pity. all the machinery for massive intensive rigging were put in place ndlovu that’s what yu call democracy its a pity .That is dictatorship ,autocracy ,oppression repression …etc.But its not a big issue we have seen hard core dictators like Hitler, Gaddaffi &others where are they.Ndlovu can yu tell your boss Bob to put the cabinet in palce the economy is waiting for him to deliver what he failed in 33years days of miracles are not over.