High court again postpones hearing on vote recount

By Tichaona Sibanda
16 April 2008

The high court on Wednesday again postponed by a day a hearing on the MDC’s application to block a recount of votes cast in 23 constituencies during last month’s elections.

The hearing is before Judge Antonia Guvava. The hearing was initially deferred from Tuesday to Wednesday. Judge Guvava is expected to rule on whether the MDC’s legal team will be permitted to file supplementary evidence, or whether the case should be dismissed.

The MDC represented by lawyer Selby Hwacha is insisting that the country’s amended electoral law Act says any aggrieved party can contest the outcome within a period of 48 hours, but Zanu-PF lodged their request four days after the final results were made public.