The inauguration of Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangagwa has been suspended as the main opposition party officially challenged the presidential election of July 30.
The event had been scheduled for August 10 but could hold according to Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, barely hours after the MDC Alliance lawyers deposited papers.
“It will no longer happen. For now it has been stayed pending determination of the court challenge,” Ziyambi told the Reuters news agency.
Lawyers of Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Friday afternoon filed papers in court challenging the election of president Emmerson Mnangagwa.