Zimbabwe is set to go to the polls in five months, with President Mnangagwa promising free, transparent and fair elections.
Mnangagwa said that free and fair polls were crucial in repositioning the country as a democratic state within the international system, local online website, the Herald reports.
“Zimbabwe is going for elections in four to five months time and we have to preach peace, peace and peace because we know it is good for us and we have no doubt that we will have peaceful elections,” said Mnangagwa.
“I assure the regional leadership that the forthcoming harmonised polls will embrace the tenets of democracy, fair play and standards set by us in the SADC,” He added.
Mnangagwa called on the diaspora community to exercise their rights by taking part in the election process.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is currently conducting biometric voter registration ahead of the polls.
Mnangagwa will run against main opposition movement for Democratic Change, whose leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is suffering cancer and is likely to step down paving way for a young leader.
Mnangagwa took over after Mugabe was forced to resign in November following a de-facto military coup.
