Premierministeren i det sydafrikanske land går til valg d. 31. juli med “blødende hjerte”, fordi en stribe lovede reformer i medielovgivningen og omkring valghandlingen ikke er gennemført, siger han.
Morgan Tsvangirai is standing for president against his main rival and coalition partner, president Robert Mugabe (89).
“There are no reforms in the media, and other reforms to ensure free and fair elections have not been achieved,” he told supporters at a rally east of Harare, according to BBC online Sunday.
Critics says key security, media and electoral reforms demanded by regional mediators, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), have yet to be implemented.
His party also warned last month that the voters’ roll was in a “shambles” and the vote could be rigged.
The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) promised to introduce free health care within the first 100 days of his presidency.
Tsvangirai (61) pulled out of the second round of the 2008 presidential election, accusing the security forces and pro-Mugabe militias of attacking his supporters around the country.
He had won the most votes in the first round but, according to official results, not enough to win outright.
Later on, regional mediators intervened to organise the power-sharing agreement. The election will mark the end of that coalition government, which has stabilised the country’s economy.
