02 Apr 08 More On Zimbabwe
In final results of the election for parliament’s lower house, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won 99 seats. Mugabe’s ZANU-PF won 97 seats and a breakaway MDC faction won 10. One independent candidate won a seat. The outcome of senate vote will be issued next.
The results of the presidential election have still to be released, but the MDC is confident that their leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has won enough votes to claim the presidency, and without a run off being required. That still remains to be seen.
Mugabe has been the Zimbabwean president since coming to power after independence in 1980.
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26 Mar 08 Zimbabwean Election
Amnesty International has accused Robert Mugabe’s Government of intimidating supporters of his political opponents in the run-up to Saturday’s general election in Zimbabwe. According the Amnesty, Members of the MDC were ordered to take down posters and then eat them.
The US Government has expressed concern about the fairness of the elections, particularly as all US and western European electoral observers have been banned from the country. Also of concern is the Zimbabwean government’s decision to allow police into polling stations – ostensibly to assist illiterate and infirm voters.
Although Mugabe has an appalling record when it comes to human rights, let alone free elections, Western governments do little more than posture, no doubt because there are are no extensive oilfields in the country.
As Mugabe, is 84, one can only hope he’s not much longer for this world.
Tags: amnesty international, electoral observers, fairness, free elections, general election, human rights, mdc, no doubt, oilfields, polling stations, posters, posture, robert mugabe, western governments, zimbabwe, zimbabwean government
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