Published by the government of Zimbabwe
15 April 2008
Harare — Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has rejected allegations by MDC-T that President Mugabe is trying to rig the outcome of the March 29 elections.
President Pohamba said he was satisfied with the way the law was being upheld. According to media reports from Namibia, Mr Pohamba, who was speaking shortly after arriving from an emergency Sadc summit in Zambia on the elections in Zimbabwe, said the course of the law was being followed in Zimbabwe.
He said people should wait for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to announce the results. "There has been the impression that the Government of Zimbabwe is tampering with the result. "It is not true. Neither the Government, the ruling party or the opposition had tampered with the outcome of the March 29 polls," said Mr Pohamba on his return to Windhoek on Sunday.
He said the only issue was the delay in announcing the presidential results, which the MDC-T had sought an order from the High Court to force ZEC to release the results. The High Court yesterday dismissed the application with costs. "Let's now ask the electoral commission that, immediately after the pronouncement of the court, they should then announce the result in accordance with the Zimbabwean law on the election," he said.
Mr Pohamba also said Sadc leaders were satisfied with explanations on the arrest of several ZEC officials over allegations that they had deliberately underestimated Zanu-PF presidential candidate's tally. He said the arrests followed discrepancies in the vote count discovered by both Zanu-PF and the MDC and their requests for verification.
"So we have left Lusaka very much happy, convinced that the due course of law has been followed," he said.
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