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  • Judgment of MDC vs ZEC and Chief Elections Officer
    Justice Uchena - High Court of Zimbabwe
    April 15, 2008

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    FULL judgment (text) of Movement for Democratic Change and Morgan Tsvangirai versus The Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the Chief Elections Officer

    MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE AND
    MORGAN TSVANGIRAI

    VERSUS

    THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND
    THE CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION

    HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE UCHENA J
    HARARE 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 AND 14 APRIL 2008
    HH —/08
    E/P 24/08

    URGENT CHAMBER APPLICATION
    Mr A Muchadehama, for the Applicants
    Mr G Chikumbirike, for the Respondents

    Uchena J. The 1st applicant the Movement For Democratic Change is a political party, commonly known as the (MDC). It will be referred to as the 1st applicant. The second applicant Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is its president. He was the 1st applicant's presidential candidate in the just ended harmonized elections held on the 29th March 2008. He will be referred to as the 2nd applicant.

    The 1st respondent is the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, a Commission created in terms of section 61 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. He was appointed in terms of section 61 (1) (a) of the Constitution. He will be referred to as the 1st respondent. The Commission is commonly known as (ZEC), in reference to the abbreviation of its name. I will refer to it by its abbreviation in this judgment. The second respondent is (ZEC'S) chief elections officer appointed in terms of section 11 of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Act (Chapter 12; 12), hereinafter called the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Act. He will be referred to as the 2nd respondent.

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