Zim has nothing to hide, Govt tells election observers

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Ambassador Frederick Shava, addresses diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe and members of election observer missions during a briefing on the country’s preparedness for the 2023 harmonised elections in Harare yesterday. — Picture Memory Mangombe.

Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter

Zimbabwe has nothing to hide in its conduct of elections and welcomes all observer missions and diplomats to observe the forthcoming polls slated for August 23 and make their recommendations in an impartial manner, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Frederick Shava said yesterday. Dr. Shava said this while briefing foreign observer missions and diplomats on the country’s state of preparedness ahead of the elections. Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Kindness Paradza, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Dr Gerald Gwinji also addressed the meeting. “On August 23 2023, the electorate will choose its leaders at both local and national levels. All observer missions and diplomatic missions are welcome to observe the elections, and I wish to underscore that you are free to make your observations and recommendations in an impartial manner. I assure you that we have nothing to hide as we have conducted free and fair elections since attaining independence in 1980,” Dr Shava said. ReadMore