Zimbabwe Court Sides With Ruling Tyrant

April 14th, 2008

28 years after Robert Mugabe led Zimbabweans to freedom, they need freedom again; freedom from Robert Mugabe.

Three decades later the people again need to “Liberate Zimbabwe”.

I dedicate this song of inspiration to the Zimbabwean people

“we’re going to fight, fight for our rights”

Zimbabwe court rejects opposition demand
By ANGUS SHAW, Associated Press Writer

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s High Court rejected an opposition demand Monday for the immediate release of long-delayed election results, prolonging a political crisis that has paralyzed this southern African nation for more than two weeks.

An opposition spokesman said the party would stage a nationwide “stay-away” from work on Tuesday.

The main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, says he won the March 29 election outright, and has accused President Robert Mugabe of holding back the results so he can orchestrate a runoff and ensure his 28-year grip on power.

Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change had hoped that the court — though stacked with Mugabe loyalists — would force the election commission to release the results.

The commission, which had published results for parliamentary and local races several days after the election, said it was delaying the release of the presidential results so it could verify the votes.

The court accepted the election commission’s explanation that it was investigating anomalies in some of the voting districts, ruling that “it can therefore justify the delay.”

“It’s a very sad day in Zimbabwe,” MDC lawyer Andrew Makoni said. The court “has given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission a blank check. We don’t know when the ZEC will be ready with results. We don’t know what specific time would be reasonable in the eyes of the court.”

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