Losers to Return Campaign Vehicles

Losers to Return Campaign Vehicles

The ruling ZANU-PF has directed its candidates who lost in the 2023 elections to return the cars allocated during the campaign period.

The party’s Secretary General, Dr Obert Mpofu, communicated the directive in a communiqué addressed to all provincial chairpersons.

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According to the communiqué, the losing candidates are to return the vehicles, which are top-of-the-range cars such as Toyota Hilux GD6s, Ford Rangers, and Nissan Navaras, to the party headquarters by Wednesday, 4 October 2023, without fail:

This serves as a directive to all the ZANU-PF parliamentary candidates that participated and did not succeed in the just-ended harmonised elections to surrender the party vehicles that were allocated to them to the Zanu PF party headquarters by Wednesday, 4 October 2023 without fail.

This is pursuant to the circular that was issued before, followed by a decision made by the party leadership at the Politburo Meeting held on 28 September 2023.

All Provincial Chairpersons are directed to ensure that this directive is implemented without fail. Your cooperation on this matter will be greatly appreciated.

ZANU-PF secured new campaign cars for its 210 parliamentary candidates before the 2023 elections.

Losers to Return Campaign Vehicles

The party also paid a US$1,000 nomination fee and all campaign expenses for its candidates. However, 73 ZANU-PF candidates lost the election, and the ruling party is taking no prisoners.

ZANU-PF won 136 out of 210 parliamentary seats in the 2023 elections, while CCC took 73 seats.

The SADC Electoral Observer Mission Preliminary Report cited disenfranchisement and voter intimidation during the polls with the AU, EU and Commonwealth missions corroborating this statement.