Former Minister of Finance and opposition politician Tendai Biti has slammed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for apparently shifting goal posts. This comes after Zec chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba on Monday claimed that Zec was unable to provide a voters’ roll with photographs due to safety and privacy concerns. Said Chigumba yesterday,
The right to access information which as enshrined in the Constitution does not trample the right to privacy which is equally in the Constitution.
Responding to this Biti, said,
This is the worst Zec in the history of Zimbabwe. They should do what they do in terms of the law and not in terms of social media. The law says the voters’ roll should be searchable and analysable, it’s elemental, is it not that it can’t be fully searchable and analysable without pictures. They are bloody liars and one day they will burn in hell, this Zec should just disband.
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora added,
She (Chigumba) is looking for excuses to violate the law, she is a qualified judge and she should respect the intelligence of the people of Zimbabwe. The law allows us to get such information and we should get it.
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The demands from the opposition are too many and can breach people’s privacy and undermine security. ZEC DOES NOT NEED TO DANCE TO MDC ALIANCE TUNE I BET THEY WOULD NOT DO THAT IF THEY WERE IN GOVERNMENT. IT’S ALL PARANOIA AND POWER HUNGRY ATTITUDE. IF DEC IS LYING THE MDC ALIANCE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO POINT THAT OUT ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE LIES THEIR LEADER TELL PEOPLE WITH HIS 15BILLION, BULLET TRAINS,AND SPAGHETTI ROADS AND INSTANT COFFEE REMEDIES THE TRUTH SHOULD START FROM THEM
Jimalo Donki shut up. There is nothing which u are saying and u have basically expired. If the law requires that Zec provides the voter’s roll, Zec should provide the voter’s roll, the same voter’s roll which will be used for elections. Donki Your opinions are disgusting like your name.
Biti wagara urimutengesi wakatengesa tsvangirai u ar judas