Latest results show virtual tie in Zimbabwe election

[daleo]

Source: CBC

Zimbabwe's opposition claimed Monday a wide lead over President Robert Mugabe's ruling party in the presidential and legislative elections, but the latest official results from the electoral commission show a virtual tie.

Citing Zimbabwe's electoral commission, Reuters reported Mugabe's Zanu-PF party had 31 seats in the House of Assembly while the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had 35 seats, including five seats for a breakaway MDC faction. Also citing results from the commission, the Associated Press reported that Mugabe's party had 30 seats while MDC had 36, including five for the breakaway faction.

Earlier on Monday, the MDC announced its own tally, saying it was leading presidential elections with 60 per cent of the votes. It based its unofficial figure on vote counts posted at polling stations for 128 of the 210 seats in the House of Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament.



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[FightTheRight89]

1. Mugabe had better step down after this.

And if he doesn't, I hope NATO does something.

[Art_from_Ark]

3. Zimbabwe has 150,000% inflation

food shortages, worsening public safety, and a crumbling infrastructure. Mugabe's obviously pulling out a lot of plugs to hold on to power, since no one in their right mind would vote for the jackass.

[Mike Daniels]

6. Amazingly, the jackass has/had a small band of supporters on DU

They seem to have dissipated over the last year or so but every problem that Mugabee had was always contributed to "the man" trying to bring him down.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

13. oh their still around...

Despite the fact Zimbabwe continued to thrive for more than a decade after the end of white rule, all the problems that followed the rampage unleashed by Mugabe starting in the early 90's are the fault of Ian Smith.

The greatest irony of Robert Mugabe is that he keeps the EXACT same elite Rhodesian company that Ian Smith did. So while he lashes out at white farmers without running water, he keeps close company with the most powerful figures of old Rhodesia who have had their interests well protected.

[Richard D]

2. A fair election in Zimbabwe . . .

. . . is about as likely as, well, a fair election in Florida.

[saigon68]

4. Nice Chimp shot

[JohnyCanuck]

5. Poor chimps.

Whatever did they do to deserve being associated with that waste of oxygen occupying the White House.

[saigon68]

11. The bottom feeder in the white house happens to look like them

It sucks to look like the War Criminal in the White House

[Zynx]

7. Other than fraud, I can't believe anyone would have voted for him and his party.

As bad as we have it here with Bush, we've never had anything close to 100,000% inflation. Hell, I don't think if you go back to the beginning of the Republic we've had that much cummulatively.

[daleo]

9. If there was 100,000% inflation

The right-wing media would crow about how everyone is now a millionaire, due to Bush's economic leadership.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

14. check out the voter lists

the same dead Rhodesians are registered voters in dozens of rural ZANU-PF strongholds, including Lardner-Burke, the white supremacist justice minister who threw Mugabe's black ass in jail on a regular basis and was considered a racist flake even among Rhodesians and has been dead for thirty years.

He is now a straight ticket ZANU-PF supporter,

[mainegreen]

8. Rumors say the military is considering turning on him.

Evidently they want a run off and he won't do it.

[otherlander]

10. I've been reading up lately

on the situation in Zimbabwe, but admittedly still don't know much about the country in general. With the amount that I do know, I kind of imagine that an alliance between the MDC and the military might not work that well in the long run. But in the short run, does Mugabe still have enough supporters to make it into a war, or would people's general hate for him, combined with the military refusing to back him, make it a relatively bloodless coup?

[Nutmegger]

12. R&K for Zimbabwe

Thanks for posting.

[ellisonz]

15. Down with Mugabe!