Zimbabwe opposition leader Chamisa rejects election boycott

Zimbabwe opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has called on voters not to boycott Monday's presidential election.

Nelson Chamisa, head of the MDC opposition party, Zimbabwe's biggest opposition party, on Wednesday urged supporters to vote "overwhelmingly for change" rejecting the idea of boycotting elections despite what he calls a biased election commission.

We can't boycott our victory, he said of Monday's poll.

Winners don't quit, he added.

This will be the first election since the November resignation of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.

Chamisa said Zimbabwe's election panel had not addressed his party's concerns about a number of issues, including reports of food distribution to voters by the ruling party and alleged problems with the voters' roll.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former deputy president who took over after Mugabe, has promised a free and fair election.