MDC challenges 60 House of Assembly results

MDC challenges 60 House of Assembly results

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ZIMBABWE'S opposition has challenged election results for about 60 parliamentary seats won by President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF party, a lawyer for the Movement for Democratic Change said on Monday.

"All in all we have filed about 60 applications to the Electoral Court in respect of the House of Assembly seats. The applications are to ensure that the declarations of the results be set aside," MDC lawyer Charles Kwaramba told Reuters.

Official results show the MDC defeated the Zanu PF in the March 29 parliamentary vote, but Zanu PF has challenged results in 22 constituencies, arguing among other things that the MDC bribed election officials. A recount by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is scheduled for Saturday.

In its court challenge the MDC accuses Zanu PF candidates and supporters of vote-buying, intimidating and interfering with presiding election officers and other election malpractices, Kwaramba said.

The MDC, which tried to get a separate court to force the release of the results of the presidential election, also said there had been undercounting of its votes in the parliamentary poll, he said. - Reuters
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