Zimbabwe's MDC challenges Mugabe re-election in court, wants re-run


  • World
  • Saturday, 10 Aug 2013

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) challenged President Robert Mugabe's landslide re-election in the top court on Friday, calling for a re-run of the July 31 vote it says was rigged.

Lawyers for the MDC, which is led by Mugabe's defeated rival Morgan Tsvangirai, filed papers with the Constitutional Court in Harare arguing the election should be annulled because of widespread alleged illegalities and intimidation of voters.

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