Zimbabwe group preparing election court action, opposition says

31 July 2018 - 15:23 By MacDonald Dzirutwe
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Residents of Mbare township examine uncollated results posted on a polling station following general elections in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 31, 2018.
Residents of Mbare township examine uncollated results posted on a polling station following general elections in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 31, 2018.
Image: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Zimbabwean civil society groups are working on a court application to force the electoral commission to get all polling stations to publish results, Tendai Biti, a senior official from the opposition MDC party, said on Tuesday.

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission released results for seven parliament seats out of a total 210 and urged Zimbabweans to be patient while it did its job.

The election, the first since the removal of Robert Mugabe last November, is a two-horse race between MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Biti said it was clear Chamisa had won.

- Reuters


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