In a letter written to ZBC by the JSC secretary Mr Walter Chikwana, the national broadcaster has also been given the capacity to distribute the live signal feed to other broadcasters who may be interested in covering the court proceedings live.
The Constitutional Court hearing will take place on Wednesday the 22nd of August.
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa is challenging President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's contentious win, saying it was secured through manipulation, irregularities and fraud, charges the president-elect denies. Mnangagwa won with a wafer-thin 50,8%, while Chamisa got 44,3%. The remainder of the vote went to 21 other candidates.
Chamisa insists he has overwhelming evidence of flaws, unlawful activities and criminalities - massive rigging - which influenced the outcome of the election.
Chamisa insists he has overwhelming evidence of flaws, unlawful activities and criminalities - massive rigging - which influenced the outcome of the election.
A copy of the filing, obtained by ZimTechReview, makes several claims of electoral wrongdoing and bias, including an instance in which the electoral commission chairperson was photographed wearing a scarf that had become symbolic of Mnangagwa's campaign.
The filing says opposition agents were not given the chance to sign off on election results as required before they were announced, and that "the entire process of collating, verifying and counting the presidential ballots was done under a cloud of secrecy."
The opposition also claims that according to its count Chamisa received over 600 000 votes more than Mnangagwa before the electoral commission "connived to change the results." The opposition says it has requested access to the commission's server but there has been no response.
Both the commission and Mnangagwa have called the election free and fair.
The filing says opposition agents were not given the chance to sign off on election results as required before they were announced, and that "the entire process of collating, verifying and counting the presidential ballots was done under a cloud of secrecy."
The opposition also claims that according to its count Chamisa received over 600 000 votes more than Mnangagwa before the electoral commission "connived to change the results." The opposition says it has requested access to the commission's server but there has been no response.
Both the commission and Mnangagwa have called the election free and fair.
