So, i was in zimbabwe for the last election in 2018 and the context and the environment was just dramatically different. you could both see itjust in your interactions with everyday people, but also, a couple of very specific things the delimitation of election boundaries were skewed. the voter registration process was very opaque. the political parties never really received a copy of the voter registration in a way that they could check it, you know, before the election at all. there was changes in the number of polling stations and, importantly, there has been legislation passed in the last several years that really stifles the engagement of civil society groups and other actors the political space was shrinking very, very tightly, and you could sense that in the interactions with zimbabwe and you could feel
You know, before the election at all. there was changes in the number of polling stations and importantly there has been legislation passed in the last several years that really stifles the engagement of civil society groups and other actors the political space was shrinking very, very tightly and you could sense that in the interactions with zimbabwe and you could feel the nature of the change. zimbabwe s opposition party is accusing the ruling party of blatant and gigantic fraud. how strong of a case do you think the opposition has? well, i think we will hopefully be able to see that in the coming days. official results have been released at the national level
In a way that they could check it, you know, before the election at all. there was changes in the number of polling stations and, importantly, there has been legislation passed in the last several years that really stifles the engagement of civil society groups and other actors the political space was shrinking very, very tightly, and you could sense that in the interactions with zimbabwe and you could feel the nature of the change. zimbabwe s opposition party is accusing the ruling party of blatant and gigantic fraud. how strong of a case do you think the opposition party has? well, i think we will hopefully be able to see that in the coming days. official results have been released at the national level and at the constituency level, with 210, i think, individual constituencies, but what is really important now is for there to be public