There was a screening and there was a preparation of the elections, which did not allow other candidates than those who had been rubber-stamped by the government to actually contest, especially for the executive positions within the local authorities, he says. 
Anoti iye, "Pakange paine kuongorora vanokwikwidza nekugadzirira sarudzo idzi, zvakange zvisingatendere vamwe vanhu vaida kukwikwidza vakange vasiri nhengo dzakange dzatenderwa nehurumende kuti dzikwikwidze, zvikuru sei pazvinzvimbo zvekutonga mumadhorobha nematunhu.