MDC-T will announce the true election results: Biti

Biti told journalists at a Press Conference held at MDC-T headquarters in Harare this morning that: “There is no law which forbids MDC-T from announcing election results as reflected by ZEC outside polling stations.”

His statement followed threats by President Robert Mugabe at a Zanu (PF) rally held at the National Sports Stadium last Sunday that, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be arrested if he announces election results.

Biti said gone were the days when dictators would manipulate election outcomes and privatise democracy.

“We know MDC-T will win both the presidential and parliamentary election with more than 78 percent. Anything short of victory for us will be a product of rigging and will be resisted,” said Biti.

Zanu (PF) was accused of wanting to panel beat its defeat into victory.

The MDC-T secretary general said his party made a mistake in June 2008, by accepting to go for the presidential election re-run without knowledge of true results of the first run.

This time around MDC-T said it will not go to a re-run under unclear circumstances.

Biti said MDC-T briefed SADC, AU and other observers about the omissions and illegalities surrounding the Zimbabwe electoral process.

Non availability of the final copy of the voters’ roll, failure by ZEC to give details regarding the total number of polling station, unexplained cutting down of some urban polling centres, failure by ZEC to furnish political parties with details on how many ballot papers were being printed by who and where, were among the issues raised by MDC-T.

According to Biti, polling centres in Harare were reduced from the 920 used in 2008 to 875.

He said MDC-T was wondering why Fidelity and Printflow printers were printing other sections of ballot papers, while serial numbers were printed at the police printing press.

Failure by ZEC to smoothly conduct the two day Special Vote for 120 000 voters, was described as an indication that the July 31 election involving more than 6. 5 million voters in one day, will be a tall order for the electoral commission.

Biti said the final copy of the Voters’ Roll was yet to be made public, because some clandestine voters’ registration was in progress in some parts of the country.