Zimbabwe: High Court Evaluates Zimbabwe Poll Rigging Concerns

The Zimbabwean High Court is assessing an urgent chamber application filed by the opposition seeking the nullification of a recent proclamation by President Robert Mugabe for the start of new registration of voters ahead of the 2018 elections.

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has filed the application seeking an order to suspend the new registrations arguing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was ill-prepared to conduct the exercise. Tsvangirai's party argues Mugabe's proclamation is thus premature Through its lawyers, Rudo Magundani and Evans Moyo, MDC argued ZEC is not prepared for the beginning of new registration of voters as it does not have sufficient equipment and trained personnel to commence the exercise.

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