Mnangagwa Victory Not Verifiable

Mnangagwa Victory Not Verifiable

In an embarrassing post, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has claimed that it is under no obligation to provide V11s as proof of Mnangagwa's victory.

ZEC Unfit to Manage 2023 Elections

The commission which has already come under heavy criticism for its amateurish handling of the 23 August 2023 elections has dug itself into a deeper crisis after it published results that are not verifiable.

The V11s are forms with poll-based election results that are signed by ZEC's presiding election officers and the contesting candidates' poll agents.

The v11 forms show the totals for the local authority candidates (councillors), the parliamentary candidates (MPs) and the presidential candidates at each polling station.

These totals are the basic figures that are collated at each level. For local authorities, the totals from the polling stations in each ward. For the parliamentary candidates, these totals are added for the wards that make up a parliamentary constituency.

The v11s are then collated at parliamentary constituency level to produce V23s which have to be signed by parliamentary candidates's agents.

The v23 forms figures are then collated at national level in order to get the presidential results.

However, ZEC who are alleged to have cooked presidential figures in favour of the incumbent, have failed to avail the v11s to prove the election result.

Mnangagwa Victory Not Verifiable

The electoral body has only provided a sketchy map with green and yellow patches.

In their defense, the beleaguered commission has claimed that there is no law that compels them to break down the figures to the polling station level.

This makes Mnangagwa's electoral victory unverifiable.

ZEC is not compelled by the law to publish V11 forms. The map below shows the real performance by the top two Presidential candidates during the just ended elections pic.twitter.com/Q5pQtxD8hy

— Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (@ZECzim) August 31, 2023