Laxton lashes out at ZEC after losing out on Zimbabwe election tender
A company helping to produce a new voter roll for Zimbabwe has accused the election commission of "impropriety" in its handling of tenders, potentially tarnishing the credibility of a poll meant to usher in a new era of transparency post-Mugabe. A credible vote is key to the restoration of democratic legitimacy following a de facto coup in November that ousted veteran leader Robert Mugabe after 37 years at the helm. It is also crucial to unlocking badly needed financial aid and repairing relations with Western powers. New President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, a one-time protegé of Mugabe, said last week that transparent elections would be held by July and that he would respect the result if the opposition wins. Laxton Group, a South African-run ID systems firm with production headquarters in China, filed papers with Harare’s Administrative Court on January 25 questioning why it had lost out on a contract to "clean up" the list of registered voters. The company, whose directors are mostl...
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