HARARE: President Robert Mugabe’s rivals complained yesterday they have not yet received a copy of the electoral roll, just two days before Zimbabweans go to the polls.
Amid suspicions the list of voters is being doctored to ensure a victory for Mugabe tomorrow, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said his Movement for Democratic Change would take legal action to obtain a copy.
“With virtually a day to go to the election, no political party in Zimbabwe other than ZANU-PF perhaps has got a copy of the final voters roll,” he told reporters.
“Our lawyers are in the process of filing a court application to actually obtain a copy of that voters roll,” said Biti.
In June, an NGO called Research and Advocacy Unit focusing on Zimbabwe politics, reported the existing voter list included around one million dead voters or people who have moved abroad, as well as over 100,000 people over 100 years old.
AFP
