MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has withdrawn from contesting the 2023 Presidential elections in Zimbabwe.
Mwonzora made the announcement at a press conference in Harare on Tuesday.
The MDC-T leader said he was withdrawing from the race in protest over what he claims is unfair treatment against his party by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).
Smaller opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora – widely seen as a Zanu PF political surrogate – has pulled out of the increasingly discredited presidential election set for 23 August, lambasting the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, which is under growing siege of sustained… pic.twitter.com/2gvUAE95pF
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Addressing journalists, Mwonzora cited election mismanagement and bias by ZEC as the reason for pulling out of the race.
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