THE mobilisation of US$10 million by various Western countries and organisations including the United States and the United Kingdom for the training of election agents is illegal, ZANU PF Treasurer General Cde Patrick Chinamasa has said.
In a statement last night, Cde Chinamasa said the ZANU PF
Department of Finance had noted with concern that the UK, France, Australia,
USAID, Sweden, Japan, the US Embassy in Harare, the USA-based National
Democratic Institute (NDI) and the EU, the US and the UK-funded Zimbabwe
Election Support Network (ZESN) and Elections Resource Centre (ERC), were
putting together a “donation” of US$10 million for the training of 12 500
election agents for all political parties participating in the August 23
harmonised elections.
“I wish to make it abundantly clear that such offer of
funding is illegal and in direct violation of Section 6 of the Political
Parties (Finance Act) Chapter 2:11 which provides that: (1) ‘No political
party, member of a political party or candidate shall accept any foreign
donation whether directly from a donor or through a third person’,” said Cde
Chinamasa.
“For this reason, ZANU PF will not accept any donor funding
towards the training of its polling agents as that would be illegal and in
violation of our laws. ZANU PF calls upon all political parties in Zimbabwe
including CCC and MDC-A not to accept this offer of funding as that will be in
violation of the Political Parties (Finance) Act.”
Cde Chinamasa said ZANU PF considers the US$10 million
funding offer to train election agents of political parties not only as a
direct interference in Zimbabwe’s electoral political processes, but also a
disguised strategy by the donors to prop up the waning political fortunes of Mr
Nelson Chamisa and his CCC party.
ZANU PF also called upon law enforcement agencies and
financial institutions to monitor any flow of funds into Zimbabwe, especially
during this election campaign period to prevent any violation of the Political
Parties (Finance) Act, and to bring to book any perpetrators.
Since 2000, Western countries have not substantively
rejected allegations of financially supporting the formation of the MDC and
subsequently funding its election campaign.
Various splinter parties that emerged from the MDC since
2005, including the CCC, have all allegedly received funds from Western
countries and organisations that are determined to see ZANU PF losing
elections.
The Western organisations have funded several violent
demonstrations undertaken by opposition groups and civil society organisations
with the aim of unconstitutionally removing ZANU PF from office.
The US, the UK, the EU and many other Western organisations
also imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe since December 2001, to “make the economy
scream” and turn voters against the ruling ZANU PF for the benefit of
opposition parties.
However, ZANU PF has presented the sanctions case to the
electorate, who appear to have now understood that the economic challenges
confronting the country are engineered by the West.
A few weeks ago, the local currency was under attack from
forces thought by analysts to be largely from the West, which are desperately
seeking to cause panic among citizens in general, and consumers in particular,
so they get angry and vote against ZANU PF.
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