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10/22/2004:

"Plans to discredit Zim polls exposed"

SOME Western countries and organisations have produced reports to discredit next year’s parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs Minister Cde Stan Mudenge said yesterday.

The minister told journalists that the Government was prepared to reject those reports and defend the country against attempts being made by the Western countries and organisations to prejudge and malign the forthcoming polls before they are held.

The Government — Cde Mudenge said — had also learnt of manoeuvres by the same organisations and countries to influence the composition of the African Union and Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) observer teams for the elections so that the teams' reports could reflect their preconceived opinions and not the actual facts.

Full Article : zimbabweherald.com