Zimbabwe considers voting rights for Zimbabweans in diaspora

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promise to look into the appeal of members of the country’s diaspora who have consistently sought the right to vote.

Addressing Zimbabweans in New York, United States ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, Mnangagwa said he agrees with the principle of diasporans voting, even though it could not be implemented in the July 30 election this year.

“I agree with that request, but we were not able, in the time available, to have the logistics put into place to implement that objective. We now have five years where we can work on that objective where we can see whether we can implement it.

“We now have five years where we can work on that objective where we can see whether we can implement it,” President Mnangagwa said.

Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU-PF party won the July 30 elections, the first in the post Robert Mugabe era.