[Of course there was fraud. I’m sure they can find lots of evidence if they can get people to talk. But will they talk? Mugabe is the winner and his star is rising. Things are getting better for him as his grip on the country strengthens. Jan]

Yesterday the MDC announced that it has decided not to go to court to force President Thabo Mbeki to hand over a report by two judges on Mugabe’s disputed 2002 re-election

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic (MDC) Change, has more than 40 ongoing court applications, both in Botswana and South Africa, seeking documentation relating to the country’s presidential elections in 2002. The MDC is contesting the election results in a Zimbabwe court. They are accusing Robert Mugabe, the country’s president, of rigging the poll. Yesterday the MDC announced that it has decided not to go to court to force President Thabo Mbeki to hand over a report by two judges on Mugabe’s disputed 2002 re-election. Peta Thornycroft, a correspondent in Zimbabwe, says the MDC will go ahead with other applications. Thornycroft says the MDC is specifically looking for analysis on the legal processes prior the elections: the changes in the Electoral Act in the lead up to the poll and the secret registration of voters that happened for up to three days before the elections. Matthew Walton, a Cape Town lawyer acting for the MDC, earlier said the party wanted the public to know the views of Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampepe, the judges. They monitored the poll and reported to Mbeki. The MDC now says it respects the South African government’s right to keep certain matters private.

Source: ZWNEWS.COM
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