MDC has ‘irrefutable evidence’ Tsvangirai won outright against Mugabe

By Tichaona Sibanda
14 April 2008

The MDC said on Monday that it has ‘irrefutable evidence’ that Morgan Tsvangirai got enough votes from last month’s elections be declared the next President of Zimbabwe.

The party’s secretary for elections, Ian Makone, said all their information was now kept at a safe location on a computer database. It contains results collated from across the country, including photographs of results, text messages and paperwork from all the 207 polling stations. Results collated by the MDC show Tsvangirai as a clear winner to Mugabe by a wide margin, gaining more than the percentage required to avoid a run-off.

‘We have made no secret of the fact that we know Tsvangirai beat Mugabe convincingly and we have been consistent about it,’ Makone said.

It’s believed the MDC has photographic evidence of all results posted outside the 207 constituencies. This information was supplied by it’s winning and losing candidates.

Makone added that any day that goes by without the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission publishing results, is further proof that there is every intention to try and rig the outcome of the results.

‘If anybody comes up with a figure that places Morgan Tsvangirai below 50 percent, then we know it’s a clear case of rigging,’ Makone said.