Staff Reporter
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed allegations against the commission by Professor Jonathan Moyo in his book Excelgate that some of its employees assisted ZANU PF to rig the 2018 harmonised elections.
ZEC argued that the aggrieved political parties followed the constitutionally laid down procedures to challenge the election and the constitutional court concluded the matter.
In his book, Professor Moyo alleged that the ruling party Zanu-PF rigged the 2018 harmonised elections, naming individuals he alleged were at the heart of the electoral theft, among them ZEC Chief Information Security Officer, Mavis Matsanga whom he claims was deployed by the Central Intelligent Organisation (CIO), her deputy Retired Major Chivasa allegedly from the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba and Chief Justice Luke Malaba.
Posting on its Twitter handle, ZEC said it will not be distracted from its constitutional mandate by those unfounded allegations.
“We have seen some damaging allegations against the commission in a book called Excelgate by Professor Jonathan Moyo. Take note that the election was conducted in 2018 and the aggrieved parties followed the constitutionally laid down procedures to challenge the election.
“The constitutional court made a definitive ruling which concluded the matter. The commission will not be drawn into any brawls on issues that have been concluded by the country’s highest court. The Commission is busy with important work of stakeholder consultations on how to map 2023 election delimitation and will not be distracted from its constitutional mandate by unfounded allegations.
Political analyst, Mr Tendai Muzangaza said Professor Moyo’s book was emotionally written and is full of lies considering that he was chucked out of Zanu-PF.
“The story in Excelgate was told from an emotionally invested person, a disgruntled former Zanu PF member who was expelled from the ruling party. He tried to expose what he termed electoral fraud as part of his revenge mission,” said Mr Muzangaza.
“It is not surprising that the book publisher, Government critic Ibbo Mandaza in his foreword tried to sanitize the author by imploring readers to consider the message on the basis of its merit and not the messenger, he knew Professor Moyo and his capabilities very well.
