adminJustice Rita Makarau said the electoral body had received only US$38 million from treasury against a budget of US$133 million.
The ZEC chairperson took the observers through the code of conduct for observers and explained amendments that have been effected into the electoral law as well as the new features in the electoral system.
Over 9 000 observers are expected to oversee the harmonised elections. Seven thousand are local while the African Union, SADC, COMESA, the African Caribbean and Pacific and other regional groupings were expected to send observers for the 31 July harmonised elections.
In a related development, the African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has approved an African Union short term observer mission for Zimbabwe’s harmonised elections.
The AU short term observer team will complement the work of the nine AU long term observer mission which has been deployed since June 15.
The mission, which comprises 60 observers drawn from African electoral management bodies, civil society organisations, the Pan-African Parliament and the regional economic communities and human rights organisations, will be led by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. —ZBC News.
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