Zanu PF Disowns Primary Election Results Posted On Twitter

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Primary election results being posted on Twitter are not official, Zanu PF National Political Commissar Mike Bimha has said

Bimha’s response comes after some government officials including Ministry of Information permanent secretary Nick Mangwana have been announcing the results on social media platforms but Bimha said those results being posted on Twitter are preliminary and not final.

Addressing journalists at the party headquarters in Harare yesterday  Bimha said only the national command centre has the mandate to announce results.

“The official results of the primary elections are announced by the national command centre at the party headquarters.

“There could be other sources giving information through Twitter, but those results are not official.

“We need to be very thorough and verify these results. In most areas, results are posted at the centre and they remain unofficial.

“These results are preliminary as they are subjected to discussion in the Politburo, after that, they can be final results,” he said.

Bimha added that an ad-hoc special tribunal is set to meet tomorrow to consider complaints that have been raised by some candidates.

According to primary election results posted on Twitter by information secretary Nick Mangwana some Zimbabwean ministers and veteran Members of Parliament have been beaten in the primaries.

Matabeleland South provincial minister Abednico Ncube, Deputy Information Minister Kindness Paradza, Trade Minister Sekai Nzenza and several others are some prominent figures who dismally lost in the primary election.

Zimbabwe is expected to hold harmonized elections sometime this year on a date to be announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.