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The MDC welcomes Supreme Court ruling
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
July 13, 2012

The MDC welcomes the Supreme Court ruling ordering the holding of by-elections in three Matabeleland constituencies.

This is one of the rare times that President Robert Mugabe has lost a case against aggrieved citizens of Zimbabwe. As a party, the MDC believes in the rule of law and we expect the President to comply with the ruling in as far as it relates to the three constituencies where the Supreme Court has ruled that by-elections must be held.

The MDC hopes that the executive will not stand in the way of this clear ruling by the Supreme Court. However, we insist that these by-elections must be conducted in terms of the clear guidelines to free and fair elections. In other words, they must be held in circumstances that guarantee the secrecy of the vote, the security of the vote and the security of the voter.

The holding of these by-elections will test the sincerity of the parties to the GPA. We hope to see and we insist on seeing free and fair by-elections without violence. We also hope and will insist on equal access by all contestants to the media, especially the public media.

Zimbabweans must celebrate the mere fact that for the first time in its history, the Supreme Court has gone against the true intentions of Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF.

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