Mugabe ‘accepts that Morgan Tsvangirai won’ *
Posted on 30 April 2008 by Jack
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has signalled that it is willing to accept that the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai came first in the country’s presidential election.
But they insisted that, contrary to claims by his Movement for Democratic Change, he had falled short of the absolute majority required for victory.
More than a month after the poll, the Zimbabwe Election Commission has still not announced the results. Nonetheless senior government sources said that Mr Tsvangirai took 47 per cent, with President Robert Mugabe second on 43 per cent.
A top Zanu-PF official said: “Those figures are in line with the official figures and the MDC knows that the official tally is more or less around that but they have been inflating their numbers to claim a false victory.”
Popularity: 21% [?]
April 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
So when does the murder and mayhem start?
April 30th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Good thought mr.g.
I would suggest however that the murder and mayhem has already started. What we have now is the identification of required proportion of Zimbabwe’s population (4% or approximately 200,000 eligible voters) that must be eradicated in order for Mugabe to be successful in a run-off election.
Shouldn’t take more than a few weeks I would think, a month at the outside.