Zimbabwe’s constitutional court has set Friday, August 24 as date to give judgement in the election challenge case filed by the opposition.
The opposition, MDC is challenging last month’s presidential election result. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, declared President Mnangagwa winner of the historic election.
He obtained 2.46 million votes against 2.15 million for the opposition candidate. The court on Wednesday heard arguments from lawyers for parties in the case.
The opposition MDC alleges electoral fraud and rigging in favour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Hundreds of people gathered around Television screens to watch the legal battle between lawyers of President Mnangagwa and opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa.
Lawyers for Chamisa told the Constitutional Court that there was a massive cover-up and doctoring of evidence during the election.
The lawyers for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in their arguments said there may have been minor clerical errors.
They however rejected claims by the opposition that those errors prove that there was large-scale rigging.
The Chief Justice Luke Malaba who chaired the panel announced that judgement has been is reserved, and will be handed down at 2pm (local time) on Friday.
The MDC is seeking fresh election or a declaration that Chamisa won the July 30 poll.
The Court can uphold the result, declare a new winner or order a fresh election within 60 days. Its decision is final though.
Source: Africafeeds.com
