MDC-T spokesperson, Douglas Mwonzora, said the election was charactorised with irregularities which made it difficult to monitor and the process was not free and fair.
“There was no voters’ roll and people from outside the ward were allowed to cast votes using voters’ slips,” Mwonzora said, indicating his party structures in the area insisted that MDC-T participate in the poll.
The by-election was won by Zanu (PF) candidate, Taurai Sengu, who polled 1 103 votes against MDC-T’s Didlane Walaza who got 45 ballots.
The by-election was as a result of the death in January, 2014, of Zanu (PF) councillor, Nickson Mubatapasango.
The election result brought wards under Zanu (PF) countrywide to 1 501 while MDC-T has 442.
Zanu (PF) national commissar and Chegutu East Member of Parliament, Webster Shamu, attributed the Zanu (PF) victory to “the people’s faith in the ruling party’s policies.”
“The result is a reflection of the popularity enjoyed by Zanu (PF)’s policies among the electorate,” Shamu said, describing the election as free and fair.
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What MDC is doing in participating in elections where Zanu PF is allowed to cheat is give the electoral process “credibilityâ€.
In the Holly Wood movie Lincoln; President Lincoln tells a joke of a lawyer whose parrot would wake him up every morning screeching “This is last day as Scriptures have foretold!†And it would repeat that over and over again as parrots love to do or scratchy vinyl records. “One day the lawyer shot the bird and thus fulfilling the prophecy for the bird at least!†continued Lincoln, “and for the sake of peace!â€
It was the breath-taking incompetence of MDC that has allowed Mugabe and Zanu PF to rig the election and retain to office. The nation needs the peace to think through what to do next and can ill afford the monotonous “There was no voters roll. This was not a free and fair election. Zanu PF cheated! Election was a none-event!†from that MDC parrot, Douglas Togaraseyi Mwonzora. Zimbabwe will never ever have free and fair elections as long as MDC is allowed to give the fraudulent process credibility by participating! Someone should just shot that parrot for the sake of peace if for nothing else!