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Mnangagwa to announce election date today 

by Bustop TV News

President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he will announce the election date on today as the pressure from the citizens, opposition and civil society to announce the date for the forthcoming general elections mounts.

Speaking in Binga at the official commissioning of classroom blocks at Mabobolo Secondary School under Chief Pashu on Saturday, Mnangagwa said he will announce the election date on Sunday (today).

“Tomorrow (Sunday) I will be announcing election day,” Mnangagwa said.

“When elections are conducted every person in Binga should safeguard our heritage by voting. If we do not vote properly people without Zimbabwe at heart will take over. We must protect it and preserve our heritage,” he said.

The announcement follows after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa on Friday last week slammed Mnangagwa for his failure to announce the date for the upcoming general elections.

Chamisa said Mnangagwa’s failure to announce the date for the general elections was throttling oppositions’ plans to prepare for the forthcoming polls.

“It is unfair for one player to also be a referee, a match commissioner and to be the regulatory authority. It is wrong especially when everyone is put in suspense thereby making planning almost impossible,” Chamisa told newzimbabwe.com

He added that: “Others may not be able to fully plan. A date cannot be determined by one person. The fate of a nation can’t fit in one’s pocket.

“Mr Mnangagwa is saying he is the only one who knows the date. This is unacceptable.”

The country’s Electoral Act’s section 38 empowers the President to proclaim the date for harmonized elections after consultation with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).

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