Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday blamed the opposition MDC for the post-election violence that led to six deaths.
Last month’s historic poll was marred by a clash between soldiers and opposition supporters.
The protesters were disputing the election results which Mnangagwa won. Soldiers then shot into the protesters with six people dying.
Some opposition supporters were arrested and charged for the deaths. But they have been released on bail.
Mnangagwa told a crowd at the celebration of Heroes Day in the capital, Harare that the violence was “inspired” by the opposition party.
He revealed that a commission of inquiry would be set up to investigate the killings and the violence.
The MDC last Friday formally challenged Mnangagwa’s election victory halting his inauguration.
The President-elect defended the fairness of the poll and said it was credible.
#Zimbabwe President elect Emmerson Mnangagwa blames the opposition MDC Alliance for post election violence and says he will set up a commission of inquiry to investigate
Video credit @cyrusnhara_4787 pic.twitter.com/L6q0isezbx— harumutasa/aljazeera (@harumutasa) August 13, 2018
#Zimbabwe Presdent elect Emmerson Mnangagwa speaking at Heroes day celebrations in Harare, calls for peace, love and unity
Video credit @cyrusnhara_4787 pic.twitter.com/9irD11avyc— harumutasa/aljazeera (@harumutasa) August 13, 2018
Defending Mnangagwa in Court
Nelson 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%.
On Friday Chamisa wrote on Twitter that “Our legal team successfully filed our court papers.We have a good case and cause!!”.
Now that the application has been submitted respondents are expected to respond within three days.
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party is expected to file a response in court on Monday.
The Court process can take 14 days.
Source: Africafeeds.com
