The AU tells the injured parties to go to court

Haile Mariam Desalegne

Farirai Machivenyika, Office of Harare
The African Union Election Observation Mission urged parties aggrieved by the processes country's electoral system to resort to justice in accordance with the law. He also called on all political parties to participate in the elections to allow Zimbabweans to elect a leader of their choice.

This is what the former Ethiopian Prime Minister and Head of the AU Mission, Mr. Haile Mariam Desalegne said when launching his observation. mission for the next harmonized elections to be held next Monday. Desalegne said his mission would be guided by the country's legal frameworks.

The AU's advice follows similar recommendations from Sadc's Election Observation Mission that all disputes of an administrative nature should be resolved by the courts. I believe that all parties participating in this election must follow the legal processes and frameworks put in place to present a petition, present their grievances and make resolutions accordingly. So, I think it's the most important thing that needs to be followed and we'll see how these processes work, but all the grievances have to be presented according to the legal frameworks that are put in place right now. We encourage each party to follow these legal frameworks and processes to follow the processes of these elections. This is how we want to encourage all the parties you mentioned to follow these processes. "

Responding to the MDC Alliance's threats to boycott the elections, Mr. Desalegne urged all parties to participate in the elections." We encourage members of the opposition party and MDC-Alliance to take part in the elections. to this process and to follow the legal frameworks that are put in place to put in place their grievances and put the head of the Election Observation Mission of the AU declared that the prevailing environment up to Here had allowed them to carry out their work unhindered, adding that they would focus on the compliance of the electoral process The laws of the country

"The environment up to now help to observe these processes and we will continue with the environment that the country has.We therefore focus on the legal frameworks, principles and constitution of the land, other legal frameworks that are in place (and) follow these things so that our observation so it is objective in terms of legal frameworks, "he added. 19659007] On the threats of the leader of the MDC-Alliance, Mr. Nelson Chamisa, that he would accept no result that does not qualify him as a winner, Mr. Desalegne said that it belonged to Zimbabweans to elect a leader of their choice, baduring them that the elections were conducted in a peaceful, transparent and credible manner.