“That is the only way citizens will be able to determine who will lead them ... and how those people will lead them.
“What has been happening in the past few hours is not expected.”
Zimbabwe is in the grip of what some have called a military coup but the defence force insists that they are merely restoring order.
Chimhini said Zimbabwe was‚ as per international standards‚ in the pre-election phase but preparations were far behind what was required.
“Things that you are supposed to be seeing are election planning‚ there must be at least some budgeting process for elections‚ an election calendar and some form of operational plan such as logistics‚ security and procurement‚” he said.