It would be a victory for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) against the Zanu-PF in power since independence 43 years ago.
The poll was carried out by an independent company, based in Great Britain, among 1,000 registered voters. It gives the CCC, Nelson Chamisa’s main opposition party, winner of the presidential election with 53% of the vote. The date of the poll has not yet been set, but is expected by August. Opposite, the current president Emmerson Mnangagwa would win only 40% of the votes.
A significant gap as the country has been going through a serious economic crisis for two decades, marked by shortages of money and food. According to the same survey, 60% of respondents hold the ruling party, Zanu-PF, responsible for the collapse of the economy.
When he came to power five years ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who succeeded Robert Mugabe, pledged to restore the country’s economy. Today, Zimbabwe records the highest inflation in the world, +250% last November. The government has also had to reintroduce the US dollar in the face of the fall of its national currency.
The Head of State had also committed to democratic openness. However, according to civil society, opposition rallies have been systematically banned in recent months and opposition party members beaten and arrested.
In partial elections last year, Zanu-PF lost ground to the Citizens’ Coalition for Change, formed three months earlier.
The ruling party has also rejected this opinion poll, saying it is a ploy by the opposition, which is already preparing to challenge the results.