FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru, who now heads the
opposition National People’s Party (NPP), has warned that President Robert
Mugabe’s Zanu PF will use identity documents of dead people to “rig” next
year’s general election.
Mujuru, who spent over 34 years as a Cabinet minister in
Mugabe’s government, 10 of them as Vice-President, urged Zimbabweans to use the
three-month window period set by the Registrar-General’s Office to acquire
death certificates for their late relatives.
“It is important to get death certificates for your
deceased loved (ones) as failure to have them gives Zanu PF the chance to use
your loved ones’ national identity cards to rig the 2018 elections,” she said
in a statement.
The former Vice-President has, however, maintained that
while Zanu PF might have rigged previous polls including the contentious 2013
general election that opposition parties claimed was fraught with
irregularities, she did not have knowledge as to how this was done.
Early this year, in the aftermath of a by-election in
Chiwundura constituency in Midlands, Mujuru apologised to Zimbabweans for
having been part of Zanu PF’s electoral chicanery.
In the aftermath of the 2013 elections, Mugabe was accused
by his critics of using a shadowy Israeli firm, Nikuv International Projects,
to rig the poll.
The NPP leader called on the youths, in particular, to
flood registration centres.
“Youths must flood these [registration] centres as these
documents determine your voting power, which is important to determine your
power to vote for change.
“Expect long queues at every [registration centre], but
it’s worth to endure for it’s for your future (sic). Never miss this golden
opportunity,” she said. Newsday
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