AMECEA Justice and
Peace has joined IMBISA Team of Election Monitoring for 2013 General Elections
in Zimbabwe. The representative from AMECEA, Rev. Fr. Jude Waweru, arrived on
28th July 2013, to prepare for accreditation by Zimbabwe Electoral
commission (ZEC)
According to the
information we have received from Rev. Fr. Jude Waweru who is in Zimbabwe, a
heavy presence of the church in monitoring was registered. The team which is
closely tied to Zimbabwe Bishop’s Conference, includes Bishops, Justice and
Peace Commissions and religious sisters from various congregation, and has
representation from countries like; Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania,
Lesotho, Kenya among others.
“Having gone through election monitoring yesterday we are still on the lookout
to be able to determine whether peace has been sustainable.” Fr. Waweru said. “Apart
from observing voting process, we also observed Vote counting process last
night.” He added.
The team is working alongside Southern African Development Community (SADC).
AMECEA included IMBISA in the observing exercise
of General Elections in Kenya, and this initiative is meant to promote
collaboration between the two organizations.
