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01HARARE3383
2001-11-14 07:31:00
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Embassy Harare
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PRIVATE WEEKLY CRITICIZED CHANGES TO ELECTORAL ACT

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FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0265
INFO NSC WASHDC
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA 
AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK 
AMEMBASSY GABORONE 
AMEMBASSY LILONGWE 
AMEMBASSY LONDON
						UNCLAS HARARE 003383 
 
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AF/PD FOR COX, ROBERTSON, AF/S FOR SCHLACHTER, AF/RA FOR 
SWANN, INR/R/MR, NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ZI PREL PHUM
SUBJECT: PRIVATE WEEKLY CRITICIZED CHANGES TO ELECTORAL ACT


1. THE PRIVATELY OWNED WEEKLY "THE STANDARD" DEDICATED
ITS NOVEMBER 11 EDITORIAL TO THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED
CHANGES TO ZIMBABWE'S ELECTORAL ACT. UNDER HEADLINE
"MASSIVE FRAUD IN THE MAKING," THE PAPER COMMENTS:



2. "AMENDMENTS APPROVED THIS WEEK TO THE ELECTORAL ACT BY
THE GOVERNMENT. . .REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST ELABORATE
FRAUD SCHEMES EVER DEVISED IN RECENT HISTORY. . . THE
LATEST AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTORAL ACT BY THE
GOVERNMENT. . .ARE THE MOST SHAMEFUL, DISHONEST, CRUDE,
AND DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO DISENFRANCHISE GROUPS OF
PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF HAVING OPPOSITION SYMPATHIES AT
HEART. . . AGAINST THIS PRESENT BACKGROUND, NEXT YEAR'S
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS SET TO BE A MASSIVE
SCANDAL. . ."

SULLIVAN

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