Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa both claim they won the presidential election, July 20, 2018. Mnangagwa took 50.8 percent of the vote, while Chamisa received 44.3 percent, according to the electoral commission, but Chamisa challenges those results.
Rival Challenges Zimbabwe Election Results
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Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, listens as a journalist asks a question, Aug. 4, 2108, in Harare.
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The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance says it will protest to push the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release “proper results” of the July 30 general election. On Wednesday, protesters demanded the release of poll results in Harare.
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Tonderai Bosha, a Zanu PF youth leader in Harare, Aug. 4, 2018, says the opposition must accept results of the July 30 general election, in which his party defeated the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.
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Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, speaks to reporters in Harare, Aug. 4, 2018.