President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legal team have successfully filed their opposing papers to Nelson Chamisa’s challenge of the presidential results at the Constitutional Court. Chamisa has approached the apex court alleging that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) manipulated the results of the presidential election to favour President Emmerson Mnangagwa. After filing the notice of opposition, Zanu-PF’s secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangawana said that the Chamisa’s challenge was based on speculation and not facts. He also said that the application did not comply with the results of the Constitutional Court and promised to make the opposition eat humble pie.
One of the lead members of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s defence team, Advocate Lewis Uriri descibed Chamisa’s application as “political rhetoric packaged in an affidavit” which will be dismissed. Said Uriri,
They are no more than clowns coming to court to play a game that ought to be played elsewhere. This is a waste of the time of the people of Zimbabwe, yet it is their right to be heard,
At least zvave kuita manje kana zvadai we hope the case will be dealt with in time so that the nation can move on under the leadership of ED tivake new Zimbabwe