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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 48648, member: 636"]
A government official slammed the opposition party for chickening out of the upcoming election rerun. Nii Lante Vanderpuye runs the District Road Improvement Programme and thinks the NPP knows they will lose badly. He believes the party is scared rather than standing on real principles about fair elections. The official wants both sides to act like adults and follow what election bosses decide. Vanderpuye said whoever wins the contest should just accept the results.

Election officials scheduled the rerun for July 11 after months of fighting between political parties. The Electoral Commission will hold new voting at 19 polling stations that caused major disputes. Problems started when original election documents got destroyed during chaos at the counting center. The NPP handed over scanned copies of pink sheets but the NDC questioned whether these papers were real. Both parties met with election officials on July 1 to work out the details.

Vanderpuye thinks the NPP and NDC are being unfair to their female candidates who keep waiting for answers. He said both women face emotional stress from all the uncertainty about their political futures. The official wants peace and unity instead of more fighting over one parliamentary seat. He believes this single seat will not change the balance of power for either party. Vanderpuye called the rerun a perfect example of democracy working properly.
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