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Zimbabwe: MDC Says Zanu-Pf Set Up Slush Fund to Bribe Polling Officers
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SW Radio Africa (London)
ANALYSIS
26 March 2008
Posted to the web 26 March 2008
Tichaona Sibanda
The Tsvangirai MDC on Wednesday accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of embarking on a desperate attempt to manipulate Saturday's vote by allegedly bribing polling officers and agents dotted across the country.
The MDC said it is aware of a slush fund running into trillions of dollars that will be used to bribe polling officers plus the polling agents of opposition parties.
'As the people's victory becomes imminent, the regime has gone desperate. Throughout the country, the winds of change are blowing fast. The MDC's rolling juggernaut is unstoppable despite all attempts to steal the election once again,' a statement from the MDC said.
It added that Zanu PF, stung by the mammoth crowds turning up at MDC rallies, has also lined up 100 of it's supporters in every ward for multiple voting, after realising that the majority of Zimbabweans want to turn over a new leaf.
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'The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has since refused to grant us the permission to test the so-called indelible polling ink. We have instructed our lawyers to look into the various irregularities in this election,' the MDC said.
The irregularities include the apparent acts of vote buying by Mugabe and Zanu PF and the threats by the service chiefs that they would not salute 'puppets' or let those without war credentials rule the country.
'We are urging our people and our polling agents to resist the regime's desperate attempts to manipulate the people's will. The people of Zimbabwe are determined to vote for the change they can trust. They want to change their lives. No amount of intimidation and bribery will stop the people's movement from reaping the fruits of an arduous struggle for a new Zimbabwe and a new beginning,' the statement added.
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