South Africa’s Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation has contradicted President Jacob Zuma’s position on the Zimbabwean elections.
05.08.13 by Chris Ncube | The Zimbabwean
“We did not say that the Zimbabwean election was fair, we said it was free…we did not use ‘fair’ or ‘credible,’” Ebrahim Ebrahim said in a radio interview on Monday. The interview came a day after Zuma endorsed Robert Mugabe’s controversial re-election.
“This profoundly contradicts President Jacob Zuma’s position on the elections. In a press statement yesterday, the President congratulated Zimbabwe on “successful harmonised elections,” Ian Davidson, the Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, said on Monday.
“It seems that given his own cabinet minister’s position, President Zuma has opted to put politics ahead of the numerous legitimate concerns that have been raised. In doing so, he has let the people of Zimbabwe down,” Davidson added.
Observers and civil society noted serious irregularities with the voters’ roll and voting process.
via “We did not say Zim elections were fair”—Zuma’s Minister | The Zimbabwean.
COMMENTS
Zuma has to retract the utterances of congratulation before all processes are completed and this is the beginning and more will follow. In fact he is housing a rigging company and let the company testify against ZPF, to avoid the spread of this freud into SADC. I can see the Ari Ben Monashe scenario, repeating itself, if MDC engaged a good and reputable lawyer who can be the bench to task and paying attention to every detail.