Zimbabwe Election ‘Fell Short’ of Standards, Say Observers
- EU observers said election didn’t meet international standards
- Regional observers noted state media favored one party
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Foreign observers found that Zimbabwe’s election this week didn’t meet regional, international or the country’s own constitutional standards, as police guarded the national results center on Friday.
“Curtailed rights and lack of level playing field led to an environment that was not always conducive to voters making a free and informed choice in Zimbabwe’s” election, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, head of the European Union mission, said in a statement. “The passing of regressive legal provisions and acts of violence and intimidation resulted in a climate of fear.”