by Virimayi Chidembo

While Advocate Thabani Mpofu, the lawyer of MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa may have been verbose in the courtroom, he clearly missed on what is important in the courts of law, facts to support your arguments.

Prior to the court day, the social media was awash with messages that the so called A- Team was going to shock the world by providing evidence that could have out-rightly made the courts declare Chamisa, the winner.

But alas, he failed to prove his rigging claims and the case would have made better sense if the primary evidence in the form of V11had been presented.

Mpofu fumbled when quizzed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba on why they had failed to furnish the courts with authentic evidence in the form of the residue of the voting process which could have been availed within 48 hours after the declaration of the winner, for the recount of the votes, if they had genuine cause of concern.

Chief Justice said the courts would have allowed the opening of the ballot boxes.The sealed ballot boxes could have been presented not reliance on secondary evidence.

Thabani could not substantiate how their had arrived at the figures they were using in court to prove the results had been manipulated without checking on the sealed ballot boxes which were closed in the presence of polling agents, polling officers and to some extent observers.

The opening of ballot boxes could have put to rest and furnish the courts as to how the purported rigging had been carried out, as is President Mnangagwa’s inauguration is evidently on 48hrs after the court verdict which everyone knows will favour ED after Chamisa’s lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu failed to prove his case in court.