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Zimbabwe: MDC-T Secretary for Defence Mudzingwa Acquitted

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Original Post Date: 2009-05-18 Time: 18:00:04  Posted By: Jan

Harare – A HARARE court yesterday cleared MDC-T secretary for defence Dr Tichaona Augustos Mudzingwa of charges of causing disaffection among the defence forces.

Dr Mudzingwa had been accused of driving to the Zimbabwe National Army Headquarters at KGVI Barracks and telling soldiers that MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai had won last year’s presidential election well before the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission officially announced the outcome.

The March 29 poll did not produce an outright winner thereby constitutionally necessitating a run-off between President Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai, who is now Prime Minister.

Dr Mudzingwa reportedly went to KGVI in the company of Highfield East legislator Mr Pearson Mungofa (MDC-T), who has since been acquitted of the same charges.

In a judgment on Dr Mudzingwa’s application for discharge at the end of the State’s case, magistrate Ms Chioniso Mutongi said the State had failed to prove its case.

Ms Mutongi said Dr Mudzingwa only responded to Captain Owen Mudziviri’s question on why MDC-T supporters were celebrating in the streets and that he had not spoken on the results of his own volition.

She said Dr Mudzingwa had only based his answer on MDC-T’s own unofficial computations of results that were posted outside polling stations.

“The court wonders as to how the accused person caused disaffection among members of the defence forces by simply coming to Army Headquarters to book an appointment on behalf of MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai.

“The State did not prove that the accused person visited KGVI with the intention to cause disaffection among the defence forces.

“He commented about the election results basing on unofficial MDC computations of results that were posted outside polling stations after probing by Captain Mudziviri. It was not out of his own initiative.

“This court is of the view that the State failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused. There is no evidence against the accused upon which a reasonable court acting carefully might convict.

“There is no basis to put the accused person to his defence and, therefore, he is found not guilty and acquitted,” ruled Ms Mutongi.

Original Source: The Herald (Harare)
Published by the government of Zimbabwe
Original date published: 16 May 2009

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200905180562.html?viewall=1