I never tampered with ballot papers — Komichi

MDC–T deputy national chairman Morgan Komichi yesterday told a Harare magistrate that when he presented the package containing Constable Mugove Chiginya’s ballots to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, he was not afforded an opportunity to discuss the state in which he received the ballots.

Speaking during the examination in chief by his lawyer Alec Muchadehama, Komichi told magistrate Tendai Mahwe that when he received the package from Michael Phiri, an MDC-T elections co-ordinator, on July 23, it was already open.

“The grey tamper–proof and the other envelopes were open when Michael Phiri brought them to me and I never tampered with them.

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