13.11.2024
5:20
Talent
Rusere,
the
High
Commissioner
of
the
Southern
Africa
Human
Rights
Lawyers,
said
that
evidence
suggests
that
ZANU
PF
and
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
interfered
with
Mozambique’s
recent
elections.
Zimbabwean
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
addresses
a
press
conference
at
State
House
in
Harare,
Sunday,
Aug.
27
2023.
Authorities
in
Zimbabwe
say
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
has
been
re-elected
for
a
second
and
final
term.
The
Zimbabwe
Election
Commission
announced
late
Saturday
that
Mnangagwa
won
52.6%
of
the
votes
in
the
midweek
election.
(AP
Photo/Tsvangirayi
Mukwazhi)
Rusere
made
the
remarks
during
an
interview
with
South
African
state
broadcaster
SABC.
The
dispute
follows
the
October
9
election,
in
which
Mozambique’s
National
Electoral
Commission
declared
FRELIMO’s
Daniel
Chapo
as
the
winner.
However,
opposition
party
PODEMOS,
led
by
Venacio
Mondlane,
has
accused
FRELIMO
of
electoral
fraud.
Rusere
pointed
directly
to
President
Mnangagwa’s
involvement,
claiming
that
ZANU
PF
had
a
hand
in
the
controversy
surrounding
the
election
results.
Said
Rusere:
We
have
launched
an
investigation
to
find
out
what
exactly
conspired
in
Mozambique
which
is
something
that
also
led
us
to
understand
that
there
has
been
interference
by
the
Zimbabwean
President
and
the
ruling
party
which
has
been
sending
people
to
vote
from
the
Zimbabwean
side
during
the
Mozambican
elections.…
it
is
not
the
first
time
that
the
Zimbabwean
President
and
ruling
party
is
trying
to
interfere
with
the
neighbouring
elections
and
that
is
not
a
secret.We
have
some
videos
where
Zimbabweans
were
given
voter
IDs
to
vote
for
FRELIMO
and
testified
in
those
videos
that
they
had
voted
for
FRELIMO.
Videos
circulating
online
show
Zimbabwean
nationals
casting
votes
in
the
recent
Mozambican
elections.
Human
Rights
Watch
(HRW)
reported
last
week
that
at
least
30
people
were
killed
in
the
violence
that
erupted
in
Mozambique
following
the
disputed
presidential
election.
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