Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court upholds president's election victory

8 November 2019
President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa (photo credit: GovernmentZA/flickr)
President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa (photo credit: GovernmentZA/flickr)
THE Constitutional Court (Concourt) yesterday released a detailed 137-page judgment, upholding President Mnangagwa's victory in last year's harmonised elections, saying the petition by MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa was premised on bald and unsubstantiated rigging claims. Chief Justice Luke Malaba, who heard the petition with eight other judges, found no fault with the conduct of the election. Mr Chamisa, who lost the election to President Mnangagwa, challenged the validity of the election which he claimed was rigged in favour of President Mnangagwa.
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