Zimbabwe: Judicial Recourse, the AU declares to the injured parties

By Farirai Machivenyika

The African Union Election Observation Mission urged those affected by the country's electoral processes to resort to justice in accordance with the law.

She also called on all political parties to participate in elections. 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, at the launch of her observation mission for the harmonized elections next Monday. Desalegne said his mission would be guided by the country's legal framework. The AU's advice follows similar recommendations from Sadc's Election Observation Mission, namely that all disputes of an administrative nature should be resolved by the courts.

"I think that every party participating in this election must follow the procedures and legal frameworks"

"So, I think that's the most important thing that needs to be followed and we'll see how these processes work, but all grievances were put in place to present a petition. "

" We encourage each party to follow these legal frameworks and processes to follow the process of these elections. "

" This is how we want to encourage all the parties you mentioned to follow these processes, "he said.

Responding to the MDC Alliance's threats to boycott the elections, Mr. Desalegne urged "We encourage opposition members and MDC-Alliance to take part in this process and to follow the legal frameworks put in place. Place for ("

The Chief of the Election Observation Mission of the AU said that the environment that prevailed up to here had allowed them to carry out their work without hindrance , adding that they would focus on the question of whether the electoral process process being implemented in accordance with the laws of the country.

"The environment up to now helps to observe these processes and we will continue with the environment that the country has.We therefore focus on the legal frameworks, principles and the Constitution of the country, other legal frameworks are in place (and) follow these things so that our observation is objective in terms of legal frameworks , he added, 19659016] Threatened by the leader of the MDC-Alliance, Mr. Nelson Chamisa, not to accept a result that does not qualify him as winner, Mr. Desalegne declared that it belonged to the Zimbabweans to elect a leader of their choice, claiming that their task was the elections were conducted in a peaceful, transparent and credible manner.