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| Zim court rejects bid to release poll result |
| 2008-04-15 |
| Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday refused to order the immediate release of delayed results from a March 29 presidential election, in a major blow to the opposition MDC. Rejecting a Movement for Democratic Change application to force the electoral commission to release the result, Judge Tendai Uchena said: "I dismiss the case with costs." The MDC says its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, defeated President Robert Mugabe in the vote, ending his 28-year rule. The MDC went to the High Court after a long delay in issuing the result by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). Judge Uchena did not explain his judgement, but said the court would make it available by tomorrow. The ZEC opposed the MDC's application and says it is still counting and verifying the votes. |
| Posted by:Fred |