South Africa-based political analyst Philani Zamchiya has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to guard against manipulation by Zanu PF hardliners bent on derailing his economic recovery plans.
“If they do so, the financial sustainability of Zanu PF will be difficult and demonstrations will derail economic recovery,” he said.
Zamchiya said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) cannot be trusted with running the country’s elections as there were many discrepancies that happened during the July 30 elections.
“The integrity of Zec as a post-mortem comes under spotlight because it has difficult to say, if Mnangagwa won, then by how many votes? Chief Justice Luke Malaba said what was important was to get 50 plus one vote, which means that Zec must be thorough because you need that one vote to win and you might miss it.”
Zamchiya said what baffled him most about the Mnangagwa win was that whenever Zec made an error in their figures, it was always in favour of Mnangagwa.
“If there was an error, why not give another candidate some votes, why always favour one candidate with votes?” he queried.
Newsday