MDC vote rigging challenge on halt because ZEC computer has "broken down" - MDC does not need electronic voters roll!

“The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (ZEC) on-going failure to provide an electronic copy of the voters roll has halted an electoral challenge by the MDC-T’s Jameson Timba,” reported S W Radio Africa.

 

Timba is challenging the results of the parliamentary of the July vote on the grounds that there were many irregularities. The whole case has halted because the MDC candidate asked ZEC to issue electronic copy of the voters roll as a basis of their case. ZEC says it cannot produce a copy because their computer has broken down.

 

ZEC will never produce the electronic copy and stall the case because the regime; ZEC, Judges like Bhunu and many others are all in Mugabe’s pocket; does not want the truth on the vote rigging to ever come out.

 

“Thus, before the Applicant’s application in this respect can succeed, he needs to show that the suspensive condition relating to the non-functionality of the electronic equipment has been fulfilled. In the absence of such fulfilment, the application cannot succeed,” ruled Justice Chinembiri Mbunu, who is handling the case.

 

Why does Timba and his lawyers insisting on getting the electronic copy of the voters roll? They are shooting themselves in the leg, as usual.

 

Yes it may be easier for the MDC legal team to check or whatever else they want to do the electronic copy of the voters roll. But they can still use the hard copy to do all these things. Indeed a hard copy of the voters roll used on election-day itself is what is required here.

 

Each Polling Station in each constituency had a hard copy of the voters roll of all those registered to vote in that constituency. So one box from one Polling Station from each of the 270 or so constituencies was opened, under proper supervision, to recover the voters roll then these will constitute the master copy of the voters roll for Zimbabwe's 31 st July 2013 harmonized elections.

 

A master copy of voters roll from whatever ZEC says as on this computer will not necessarily be identical to the hard copy used on election-day.

 

There were simply too many serious irregularities in the July 2013 elections and these must be properly and vigorously investigated. This is not being done and may well never be done on the shaky grounds that ZEC cannot issue an electronic copy of the voters roll is pathetic!

Timba and his legal team should stop insisting on getting an electronic copy of the voters roll and give Mugabe a bolt hole. Mugabe must be held to account for rigging the elections!