Terrence Mawawa

MDC Alliance official Dr Takavafira Zhou has predicted that a Presidential Election Runoff is likely to be held.

Below is Dr Zhou’s statement:

Mid Day Constitutional Court update 

Our MDC-Alliance Lawyer, Thabani Mpofu is a bullet and he has done exceptionally well together with his team.

Our case was well articulated by our legal team led by T. Mpofu. Indeed we have articulated that there are 69 000 votes nichodemously given to Emmerson Mnangagwa that do not need a visit to primary evidence.

Attempts to discredit our application on the basis of failure to apply for the opening ballot boxes was dismissed on the basis that enough evidence (69 000 votes) does not need that. There was also evidence of V11 forms signed by ZEC -with no figures. So our lawyers argued that applying for the opening of ballot boxes would have been ‘poisonous’ given Zanu PF and ZEC’s collusion in rigging.

We are then awaiting submission by respondents, Zanu PF and ZEC. We certainly have a strong case although the outcome is more likely to be a run off.