MDC Alliance Candidate Says He Did Not Withdraw From Election, Accuses Zec Of Incompetence

MDC Alliance’s Bulawayo South parliamentary candidate, Muvirimi Francis Mangwendeza has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of incompetence after the electoral body claimed that he had withdrawn his candidature. Addressing the media yesterday, Mangwendeza said

Let me begin by categorically stating that I did not withdraw my candidature from Bulawayo South constituency…I find it difficult to believe that Zec made this error, if it is indeed an error on the part of Zec, then it clearly shows the level of disorganisation within the Commission and clearly magnifies its inability to run these elections in a free, fair and transparent way.

…We expect Zec to report this matter as a fraud to the relevant authorities and that whosoever caused in any way this alleged withdrawal be arrested and prosecuted as it is provided in the law.

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