April 1, 2008
If anything’s happening, it’s not going to be tonight. MDC have just held a press conference, where Tsvangirai has dismissed rumours of talks and stated that they’re happy to wait for ZEC to finish announcing the official results. There’s been no word from Mugabe either way.
And as if by magic, as soon as [...]
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I’m genuinely on edge and excited typing this.
The last results issued by the ZEC where at around 1pm Zimbabwe time today - it’s now 8:30pm, and the silence is deafening. As of that announcement, the parties were still essentially level-pegging (MDC/Tsvangarai 67, MDC/Mutambara 5, Zanu-PF 68). Now, the most optimistic of the unofficial [...]
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The Zimbabwean - a UK-based newspaper for Zimbabwean ex-pats - carries the following report, penned by Eddie Cross, a member of the outgoing House of Assembly and of the MDC/Tsvangarai faction:
With voting over in the allotted 12 hours, counting has taken another 72 hours and in some cases the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is still verifying [...]
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60 hours now since the polls closed, and we’re up to 89 House of Assembly seats declared (MDC/Tsvangarai 41, MDC/Mutambara 5, Zanu-PF 43 - the MDC split into two factions in 2005, which is why they have two totals), with still nothing from the Senate or Presdential votes. This is Zimbabwe has the details, [...]
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