Friday’s formal challenge to the election victory of Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa means his inauguration has now been halted.
Lawyers of opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa on Friday filed court papers at the Supreme Court. That was done just in time to halt the inauguration of the elected president on Sunday.
Chamisa’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) alleges electoral fraud and rigging in favour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Chamisa is accusing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of doing a poor job in supervising over a free and fair election.
President Mnangagwa was declared by ZEC to have won by 50.8% of the vote compared with Mr Chamisa’s 44.3%.
‘Rigged election’
On Friday Chamisa wrote on Twitter that “Our legal team successfully filed our court papers.We have a good case and cause!!”.
Our legal team successfully filed our court papers.We have a good case and cause!!
— Nelson Chamisa (@nelsonchamisa) August 10, 2018
I’ve just finished going thru the evidence per our agents & V11 forms from across Zimbabwe.We WON this election emphatically. ZEC’s figures are falsified & inflated in favour of the outgoing President.We are ready for the inauguration & formation of the next gvt #Godisinit
— Nelson Chamisa (@nelsonchamisa) August 7, 2018
“I’ve just finished going thru the evidence per our agents & V11 forms from across Zimbabwe.We WON this election emphatically.
ZEC’s figures are falsified & inflated in favour of the outgoing President.We are ready for the inauguration & formation of the next gvt” Chamisa said on Twitter.
Finally the papers are here now and being submitted #ElectionsZW @TheFeedZW @MagambaTV @KalabashMedia pic.twitter.com/G9sO9t6v49
— Open Parly ZW (@OpenParlyZw) August 10, 2018
Justice Minister of Zimbabwe, Ziyambi Ziyambi said on Friday that due to the court challenge “The inauguration is no longer going ahead as planned.”
Last month’s historic polls was marred by post election violence. Six supporters of the MDC were shot and killed by Soldiers.
The protesters were disputing the election results. Some of these supporters were arrested and charged for the deaths.
Now that the application has been submitted respondents are expected to respond within three days. The Court process can take 14 days.
Zimbabwe’s opposition files court papers challenging poll results
Source: Africafeeds.com
