“We never looked at the ballot prints”: The MDC Alliance reminded ZEC | Breaking News

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WATCH-LIVE MDC ALLIANCE URGENT PRESSER Posted by ZimEye on Monday, July 2, 2018 By Talent Gondo| Opposition political parties contesting the forthcoming polls under the MDC Alliance have accused the country’s elections body, ZEC of paying lip service to transparency and accountability on the electoral process especially the printing of the ballot papers. MDC Alliance Presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa’s Chief Elections Agent, Jameson Timba today (Monday) denied media reports that opposition political parties witnessed the printing of the presidential ballot paper last week accusing ZEC of merely playing a formality as they allowed them to observe the printing process from a 20 metre distance. Timba said this at a press conference at Morgan Tsvangirai House in the capital Harare. “ZEC is lying that political parties witnessed the printing of the ballot paper. Yes of course we were called to go to the Fidelity Printers. Upon arrival, we were held in a room divided by a glass and then pointed to a machine which was 20 meters away. What we did cannot be called observing. We do not know what kind of a paper is being used. This is not being fair if I am to comment. Who knows what they are planning by hiding all this from us,” asked Timba. Timba said there was no transparency on the printing of the ballot paper adding that the process should be stopped. “The printing of the ballot papers can be done within a short space of time as long as there is consensus……and this can be done in neighbouring South Africa,” said Timba. He said the MDC Alliance had held a meeting earlier on in the day with the ZEC but the elections body had not given them good answers promising to get back to them as soon as possible. “Fidelity Printers is not independent and the institution cannot be trusted since it is controlled and owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa,” said Timba. Efforts to get a comment from ZEC were futile. If our services have assisted you, our work would be much more secure with your help – For as little as £5, you can support ZimEye – and it only takes a minute.

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“We never looked at the ballot prints”: The MDC Alliance reminded ZEC | Breaking News

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