Stalemate deepens in Zimbabwe

[Mugu]

Stella Mapenzauswa | Harare, Zimbabwe
Mail & Guardian online (SA)

Zimbabwe sunk deeper into political stalemate on Sunday, with the opposition going to court to get election results released and President Robert Mugabe's ruling party asking for a delay and recount.

Tensions between the two sides have risen sharply since the elections last weekend, fuelled by opposition suspicions Mugabe's Zanu-PF is preparing to rig the outcome of the hotly contested March 29 presidential poll.

The stakes were raised on Saturday when Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), declared victory over Mugabe in the presidential race and accused the veteran 84-year-old leader of "preparing a war on the people".

Mugabe's supporters struck back hours later when state media reported that Zanu-PF had asked election officials to defer the release of the presidential poll results and conduct a recount and audit of all materials, including ballots, used in it.


Complete article at:
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=336347&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/

[applegrove]

1. All we can do is pray Mugabe steps down.

[Nutmegger]

2. Mugabe and his thugs are cooking up something.

R&K and thanks for posting.

[stranger81]

3. K&R [n/t]

[Nutmegger]

4. Kick

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