…claims MDC Alliance rigged 2018 elections
Brighton Chiseva
MASVINGO – Zanu PF national secretary for security, Lovemore
Matuke has warned that government will give jobs only to proven party supporters
with a proven track record, TellZim News can report.
Matuke has warned that government will give jobs only to proven party supporters
with a proven track record, TellZim News can report.
Matuke was speaking at his party’s Masvingo Provincial Coordinating
Committee (PCC) meeting held at Victoria Junior primary school last Sunday,
September 29.
Committee (PCC) meeting held at Victoria Junior primary school last Sunday,
September 29.
He lamented that Zanu PF faced another security threat
in the form of unemployment, saying the party was working towards making sure
that only its people got employed.
in the form of unemployment, saying the party was working towards making sure
that only its people got employed.
“We have a new security threat; when our youths are
not employed it’s a threat so we want to make sure that our people are employed.
not employed it’s a threat so we want to make sure that our people are employed.
“We were in China recently and they told us that they
needed a lot of teachers so we need to make sure that our degreed youths get
are given that opportunity. However, they have to be taught the party ideology
and those who do not want will not benefit because we have to make sure that
when they go they will serve our interests,” said Matuke, who is also the
Deputy Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare.
needed a lot of teachers so we need to make sure that our degreed youths get
are given that opportunity. However, they have to be taught the party ideology
and those who do not want will not benefit because we have to make sure that
when they go they will serve our interests,” said Matuke, who is also the
Deputy Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare.
Matuke also claimed that the MDC Alliance rigged the
2018 elections by issuing fake identity documents to people who were under the
legal age of voting.
2018 elections by issuing fake identity documents to people who were under the
legal age of voting.
Matuke claimed that since the Zanu PF security
department picked intelligence to that effect, the party was now doing a follow
up with the office of the registrar general.
department picked intelligence to that effect, the party was now doing a follow
up with the office of the registrar general.
“In 2018, thousands of young people below the age of
18 were issued with fake IDs that allowed them to register to vote. You would
see that this person is too young to vote but when you check the ID, you see
that he/she is eligible to vote
18 were issued with fake IDs that allowed them to register to vote. You would
see that this person is too young to vote but when you check the ID, you see
that he/she is eligible to vote
“We then did some investigations and noticed that some
people were given IDs but they are not in the registrar general’s data base,”
said Matuke.
people were given IDs but they are not in the registrar general’s data base,”
said Matuke.
He warned against complacency in terms of voter
registration saying the opposition had intensified its voter registration
programmes for next election.
registration saying the opposition had intensified its voter registration
programmes for next election.
“The opposition has intensified its voter registration
programmes and most of the young people registering to vote now belong to MDC
and we should do more than them. Let’s make sure that our people are
registering as we prepare for 2023 elections,” Matuke said.
programmes and most of the young people registering to vote now belong to MDC
and we should do more than them. Let’s make sure that our people are
registering as we prepare for 2023 elections,” Matuke said.
Speaking at the same event, politburo member Josaya
Hungwe claimed that the MDC used the same strategy to rig the elections in
2008.
Hungwe claimed that the MDC used the same strategy to rig the elections in
2008.
He claimed the MDC had connived with the Masvingo provincial
registry for the issuance of fake IDs to people sympathetic to the opposition
party.
registry for the issuance of fake IDs to people sympathetic to the opposition
party.
Hungwe also said they should go and investigate the
recent Zaka East election and find out where the over 1000 people who voted for
the MDC ‘came from’.
recent Zaka East election and find out where the over 1000 people who voted for
the MDC ‘came from’.
“Go to Zaka and find out the villages of the people
who voted for the opposition so that when we go to 2023, those people will be
accounted for,” said Hungwe
who voted for the opposition so that when we go to 2023, those people will be
accounted for,” said Hungwe
Zanu PF national political commissar Victor
Matemadanda warned MPs against marginalising President Emmerson Mnangagwa in
their 2023 election campaigns.
Matemadanda warned MPs against marginalising President Emmerson Mnangagwa in
their 2023 election campaigns.
“We will need a list of people who got more votes than
the President’s and unless we are told that they have reformed, we will not
allow them to contest in 2023 election. In 2023 we are targeting five million
votes and we can get them by making sure that each one of us recruits one new
voter because last time we got 2.5 million votes,” said Matemadanda.
the President’s and unless we are told that they have reformed, we will not
allow them to contest in 2023 election. In 2023 we are targeting five million
votes and we can get them by making sure that each one of us recruits one new
voter because last time we got 2.5 million votes,” said Matemadanda.
