Fact Check: No High Court ruling yet on MDC-T candidates - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
July 21, 2023
Claim: Zimbabwe opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora’s MDC-T party has lost a High Court case against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to accept the registration of 87 candidates, according to some local media reports on Friday, July 21.
In the court case, the MDC T is contesting the rejection of 87 of its members as candidates for Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary National Assembly in elections due on August 23 over disputes on their nomination papers.
Is this true or false?
Verdict: False.
The High Court has not delivered a ruling.
Reports that the case was dismissed are false, as the High Court simply ordered MDC-T’s aspiring candidates and ZEC to file written affidavits for the court’s consideration. Such an order does not amount to a dismissal of a case.
The case is still scheduled to continue next week, with judgment expected by next Wednesday, July 26, according to Lovemore Madhuku, MDC-T’s lawyer in this case.
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