Well, how to interpret this?:
On the one hand, from Harare Zimbabwe's High Court ordered the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) not to recount the results from nearly two-dozen constituencies because the result of the presidential poll had not yet been announced. This represents a blow to Robert Mugabe.
On the other hand, the same court today rejected the Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) demands for the immediate release of the election results. This represents a blow to Morgan Tsvangirai.
Is the courtspeaking out of both sides of its mouth? Trying to have it both ways? Are the judges attempting to split the difference between the two sides, showing favoritism toward neither? Were these results simply what the evidence required? Is the court muddling through? It is nearly impossible to know. but this split decision means that we are no closer to knowing the results of the elections and the future courses of action today than we were yesterday.
Zapiro — Mail & Guardian, 10 April 2008.
