22nd October 2003
MDC welcomes the nullification of the Makoni East Parliamentary Election
The judgement given today by the High Court in which the 2000 Makoni East parliamentary election has been set aside is a welcome development.
This has vindicated us and has exposed ZANU PF who have tried in vain to hoodwink the world into believing that both the 2000 parliamentary and 2002 Presidential elections were conducted under free and fair conditions. This is not withstanding a catalogue of indisputable irregularities that were uncovered and brought to the fore by both the International and local observer groups in the conduct of these elections.
To date seven seats have been set aside and more than twenty others are still to be heard.
We are consoled by the fact that the judgement adds another voice in support of the people of Zimbabwe who have been denied their democratic right to choose their own leaders by ZANU PF through election fraud and intimidation of voters.
We call upon the international community to continue to exert pressure on the illegitimate Mugabe regime to force them to come to the negotiating table in order to bring the country back to legitimacy through internationally supervised elections conducted under free and fair conditions.
Paul Themba Nyathi
Secretary for Information and Publicity
Zimbabwe Informaiton Centre Inc, PO Box K824, Haymarket NSW 1240, Australia. www.zic.com.au; info @ zic.com.au
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