MDC Alliance politicians and other Zimbabweans have expressed low confidence in ZBC’s ability to broadcast the Constitutional Court proceedings of Chamisa’s presidential election results challenge without bias.
Senoir MDC Alliance senior politician, David Coltart tweet:
I am not excited by the prospect of @ZBC filming the Presidential case. The ZBC is a partisan organization which represents the interests of one of the parties in this case – EDM & the junta. There is nothing to prevent them from cutting off argument from Chamisa’s lawyers.
— David Coltart (@DavidColtart) August 18, 2018
So far, it appears ZBC has been given exclusive rights to broadcast the court challenge live by the Judicial Services Commission.
Build Alliance Zimbabwe suggested that independent media should also be given the rights:
They must allow independent media to broadcast.
— Build Zimbabwe Alliance (@buildzimbabwe) August 18, 2018
These are going to be live broadcasts of the proceedings and there is no possibility of any bias. Cameras as well as microphones cannot lie. Journalists and other in attendance will be free to make their own recordings. The only reason why some are complaining is that the authorities have grabbed the very precious opportunity to show the world how transparent they can be and that is why some are sort of envious.