The Zimbabwean president’s party lost support at the polls — seen as a dry run for the 2023 general elections — despite using state resources, intimidation, violence and state media against opponents.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu-PF party suffered a heavy defeat to a newly formed opposition party in parliamentary and municipal by-elections held in several constituencies countrywide over the weekend.
The CCC also claimed 61% of the vote in local government elections in several urban and rural municipalities. Chamisa has accused Mwonzora of being used by Mnangagwa’s party to decimate his party — a charge that Mwonzora denies. One person died in Mnangagwa’s hometown of Kwekwe when some Zanu-PF aligned gang members wielding machetes, stones and spears besieged Chamisa’s rally and attacked his supporters. Chamisa accused Mnangagwa and his party ofA spokesperson for Mwonzora’s party, Witness Dube, said his party was still analysing the results of the polls.
“It’s now foolproof that we have two political giants in the country, that is Zanu-PF led by Mnangagwa and Chamisa’s CCC. The trouncing of Mwonzora is a clear message that his party is dead and its memorial service will be held next year when Zimbabweans go to the scheduled general elections,” said Mukundu.
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