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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A little-known opposition Zimbabwe Socio-Economic Democrats party (ZSD) Friday called on all political parties to boycott the March by-elections saying they were poorly planned and costly.<\/p>\n

The country will hold by-elections to fill 117 local authorities and 28 National Assembly seats most of which became vacant following recalls of MDC-Alliance members by rival MDC-T.<\/p>\n

But ZSD president Nkosikhona Ndlovu said the by-elections were too costly for the country. NewsDay Zimbabwe quotes Ndlovu as saying:<\/p>\n

ZSD is calling on all political parties to boycott the costly $1,5 billion and poorly planned March 26 by-elections. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has deprived thousands of prospective voters an opportunity to participate in the upcoming by-election.<\/p>\n

Clearly, our youths have been disenfranchised in exercising their democratic right to participate in the by-elections as enshrined in Chapter 7 of the Constitution, that the State must ensure all eligible citizens, that is to say the citizens qualified under the Fourth Schedule, are registered as voters.<\/p>\n

These remarks are in resonance with those of opposition MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora which believes the country needs to implement electoral reforms first before conducting elections.<\/p>\n

Opposition National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) led by Professor Lovemore Madhuku also believes the nation must not hold the elections.<\/p>\n

The party says the outcome in the current environment is predetermined as the playfield favours the ruling party.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the ruling ZANU PF and opposition MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa are confident they will win the elections dubbed a test to gauge the country\u2019s preparedness to hold the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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