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Viewing cable 07HARARE513, ZANU-PF WINS PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION AMID LITTLE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HARARE513 2007-06-11 15:16 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Harare 
VZCZCXRO1620
RR RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHSB #0513 1621516
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 111516Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1578
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA 1625
RUEHAR/AMEMBASSY ACCRA 1492
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 1629
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0288
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0894
RUEHDK/AMEMBASSY DAKAR 1257
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 1685
RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 4096
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1454
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 2115
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RHMFISS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0754
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1846
 
UNCLAS HARARE 000513 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AF/S FOR S. HILL 
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR B. PITTMAN 
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU 
ADDIS ABABA FOR ACSS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
SUBJECT: ZANU-PF WINS PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION AMID LITTLE 
INTEREST 
 
REF: A. HARARE 418 
     B. HARARE 133 
 
1. (SBU) As expected (Ref A), the ruling party won the Zaka 
East Parliamentary by-election on June 9, after both factions 
of the MDC boycotted the race.  ZANU-PF candidate retired 
Brigadier General Livingstone Chineka polled 11,162 votes 
against only 2,376 combined for two smaller parties. 
Chineka, who is resident in Masvingo, resigned from the Army 
on May 9th, two days before the nomination court sat. 
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) staff told pol 
assistant that the polling was characterized by a low voter 
turnout - 27 percent according to observers - and by an 
unusually high number of assisted voters. 
 
2. (SBU) Despite the low turnout and ZANU-PF's wide margin of 
victory, ZESN field observers witnessed a number of 
irregularities, including a high number of assisted voters at 
some polling stations.  One ZESN observer reported that an 
elderly lady, who was assisted by government polling agents, 
told him that she told the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) 
officers that she wanted to vote for "any party other than 
ZANU-PF".  According to her, the officers did not follow her 
instructions.  At one polling station 68 out of the 451 
voters were assisted to vote. 
 
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Comment 
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3. (SBU) The MDC boycott all but ensured a ZANU-PF victory, 
but the participation of two smaller opposition parties gave 
this by-election a false legitimacy.  This is the second 
by-election in a row (Ref B) won by recently retired military 
officers. Combined with unconfirmed reports that army 
officers are working as ZEC officials during elections, this 
is a further indication of the trend toward militarizing the 
state. 
DELL