Zimbabwe High Court Rules Poll Results Case "Urgent", Journalists Released

The Zimbabwean High Court ruled that the MDC's case to release voting results is urgent. This is not to say that they have ruled that the poll results must be released quickly, but that they will hear the case quickly.

In related news, Zimbabwe security forces have detained poll officials. I guess that they did not do enough voter intimidation and fraud before and during the election, so they are, as Emeril Lagasse would say, "Taking it up a notch".

Two foreign journalists have been released from detention, New York Times reporter Barry Bearak and another unidentified (likely British) reporter. Bail was set at $Z 3,000,000. About $US 10,000.00 at the official exchange rate, and about $US 10.00 at the black market rate.

It appears that the upper house of parliament, the elected members of the Senate will be split evenly (actually 30 ZANU-PF, 26 MDC Tsvangirai, and 6 MDC Mutambara), with the appointed seats, "10 provincial Governors appointed by the President; the president and deputy president of the Council of Chiefs; 16 chiefs, being two chiefs from each province other than metropolitan provinces, and five Senators appointed by the President", going largely ZANU-PF giving them a majority.