Morgan Komichi, MDC-T Deputy Chairperson, through his attorney, Harrison Nkomo, says the special ballot must be nullified because the number of police officers who applied to vote does not tally with the actual police establishment.
The party feels that Zanu (PF) wants to rig the election using security forces.
Nkomo told The Zimbabwean in an interview that the special ballot which started Sunday on a slow pace was fraudulent.
“My client is seeking an order to nullify the entire special ballot exercise that has been carried out today and (will end) tomorrow until the hearing of the application, on three grounds.
“The first one is that he Minister of Finance, who is the paymaster of all the members of the attested Zimbabwe Republic Police members says he has 44, 113 police officers but now the Commissioner General of the ZRP has made an application for 69,322 officers to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for the purposes of getting special ballot.
“We are saying, where is the figure of over 25, 000 coming from? MDC-T thinks that it is a ploy by Zanu (PF) to manipulate the national vote. So what we are saying is that what has been done must be set aside and the law allows the special vote to take place latest at the 20th of July,” he said.
Nkomo said his client respected the need for a special vote as provided by the law and called on ZEC to compile a separate roll for special voters that must be made to all political parties to ensure clarity and transparency as well as avoid cheating.
“This voters’ roll must have the number of all police officers and their identity who have voted through a special ballot. ZEC must ensure that all the officers who have voted through the special ballot must be removed from the national voters roll to avoid double voting,” he said.
Addressing journalists Sunday evening ZEC Deputy Chairperson, Joyce Kazembe, said the commission had no mandate to challenge ZRP’s special vote figure.
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