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The two-day post 2023 election review conference must objectively evaluate all elements of last year’s general poll with a view to improving future plebiscites, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Deputy Minister Nobert Mazungunye said on Tuesday.
He made the remarks while officially opening the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission multi-stakeholder review conference at Troutbeck Resort.
Deputy Minister Mazungunye commended ZEC for affording stakeholders an opportunity to take stock of the 2023 general elections.
“This kind of evaluation allows an open and inclusive exercise, gathering information from all participants and using the opportunity to review actions which may have been taken at an administrative level and which may require change,” he said.
He applauded ZEC and the delegates for organising and participating in the conference saying the last election should be used as a starting point to prepare for the next election.
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Deputy Minister Mazungunye said electoral law reform is a permanent feature in a democracy influenced by a country’s own unique and sovereign political realities.
He said Zimbabwe is a signatory to various international and regional human rights conventions that promote the holding of free and fair elections and empower citizens to participate in political processes.
The Deputy Minister said Government is aware that throughout the world there are no perfect elections as elections are influenced by a number of variables.
ZEC is holding the conference to identify “what worked and what did not work well in order for the electoral management body to improve on the conduct of future elections”.
Political parties that took part in the 2023 general elections, Government officials, the United Nations Development Programme, diplomats, traditional leaders, faith-based organisations, law enforcement agencies, the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust, African Christian Council International,
Zimbabwe Youth Council, Zimbabwe Gender Commission, Zimbabwe Media Commission, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, Women in Politics Support Unit, civil society organisations, legal experts and the media are attending the conference.
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