Zimbabwe Opposition Calls for Protest on Electoral Reforms
- Alliance wants access to voters roll before July 30 election
- Opposition leader threatens to ‘shut down’ capital, Harare
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Zimbabwe’s main opposition parties called for protests next week to demand a series of electoral reforms before the southern African nation votes on July 30 in the first ballot since Robert Mugabe stepped down as president.
An alliance of opposition parties led by the Movement for Democratic Change wants access to the voters’ roll, an explanation for an increase in polling stations, and equal access to the media, spokesman Tendai Biti told journalists Friday. MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said his party would “shut down’’ the capital, Harare, unless the reforms are implemented, the NewsDay newspaper reported.