ZEC Reports MDC Alliance To The Police, Says We Were Threatened

Addressing election observers in Harare on Friday, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy chair Commissioner Emmanuel Magade said they have reported the MDC Alliance to the police to ensure their security saying they were threatened.

Magade said the MDC Alliance which held a demonstration on Wednesday, threatened to hunt down Zec officials from their homes and harm them. Said Magade:

ZEC Reports MDC Alliance To The Police, Says We Were Threatened

I can confirm that such threats have been issued. Some unkind and uncharitable things have been said about us. We find it totally, totally despicable and unconscionable and deplorable.

What we have done as law abiding citizens is to refer those threats to the police and other law enforcement agencies. Our wish and our ambition is that we should have an incident-free election. It is very regrettable that people like us who are supposed to be neutral umpires.

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