Development community says the elections fell short of the requirements of the constitution of zimbabwe, while the european union says acts of violence and intimidation resulted in a climate of fear. zimbabwe s leader has dismissed the criticism, and insists the elections were fair. earlier, i spoke with david carroll. he leads the carter center s initiative on developing standards and best practices in international election observation. thank you so much forjoining us. i understand you have recently returned from zimbabwe. in terms of what you and your field teams observed, was this a free and fair election? well, ijust got back earlier this morning, and the carter center had a team of about 60 people, and i would say the assessment of the carter center and the other organisations the international observers from the southern african
Independent observers share that scepticism. the southern african development community says the elections fell short of the requirements of the constitution of zimbabwe . while the european union says acts of violence and intimidation resulted in a climate of fear . zimbabwe s leader has dismissed the criticism and insists the elections were fair. earlier, i spoke with david carroll he leads the carter center s initiative on developing standards and best practices in international election observation. thank you so much forjoining us. i understand you have recently returned from zimbabwe. in terms of what you and your field teams observed, was this a free and fair election? well, ijust got back earlier this morning, and the carter centre had a team of about 60 people, and i would say the assessment of the carter centre
Was declared the winner sunday with nearly 53% of the vote. but nelson chamisa, the leader of the opposition, called the official results a sham. independent observers shared that scepticism. the southern african development community says the elections fell short of the requirements of the constitution of zimbabwe. while the european union says actsof violence and intimidation resulted in a climate of fear. zimbabwe s leader has dismissed international criticism of the poll, and insists the elections were fair. earlier, i spoke with david carroll. he leads the carter center s initiative on developing standards and best practices in international election observation. thank you so much forjoining us. i understand you have recently returned from zimbabwe. in terms of what you and your field teams observed, was this a free and fair election? was this a free and fair election? ~ , ., . ~ election? well, i ust got back earlier this h election? well, ijust got back earlier this morning, -
The southern african development community says the elections fell short of the requirements of the constitution of zimbabwe. while the european union says acts of violence and intimidation resulted in a climate of fear. zimbabwe s leader has dismissed the criticism and insists the elections were fair. we spoke with david carroll. he leads the carter center s initiative on developing standards and best practices in international election observation. david gave us his assessment on whether this was a fair and free election. well, ijust got back earlier this morning, and the carter center had a team of about 60 people, and i would say the assessment of the carter center and the other organisations the international observers from the southern african region, the african union and the eu all of our assessments aligned in that this is the context of a very unlevel playing field with a lot of political challenges that made it really difficult to have an open and credible and comp