0Farirai Machivenyika and Fidelis MunyoroTHE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has warned the public to be wary of alleged results being circulated on social media saying it’s unlawful for undesignated persons to announce fictitious, unverified results. “The Commission will announce results as they come in,” she said“All stakeholders are reminded that it is unlawful to announce results because it is a direct contravention of Section 66A (a) (a) of the Electoral Act. The announcement of official results by undesignated persons have the potential of misleading the public and raise unnecessary political emotions.”She added that announcement of results on social media was an offence. “It is an offence in terms of the Electoral Act to announce results unless you are a duly designated ZEC official. In Mashonaland Central, vote counting was 98 percent complete while Harare was 75 percent, Midlands 48 percent while Bulawayo vote counting is complete with Manicaland at 56 percent as at 9 this morning.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 31, 2018 12:00 UTC