Well it seems that its nearly official, Mugabe has lost the election! But it seems that the guy is not going to give up without further interference in the electoral system.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has leaked information that shows that Morgan Tsvangirai won 47 per cent of the vote against President Mugabe’s 43 per cent, but it is conveniently below the required 50 per cent needed for an outright victory. So 47+43 = 90.
I wonder where the other 10 per cent of votes have disappeared to, so as to reduce Morgan Tsvangirai ability to get past the 50 percent margin? Straight into the pockets of Mugabe’s party thugs who have acted a voting officials in some of the polling stations I wouldn’t wonder!
It seems that a last minute struggle is still to take place in Zimbabwe to finally get rid of Mugabe, unless of course he manages to rally his supporters and the military for one last grab at power.
Of course he could capitulate and run off to his hidden coffers of money and seek asylum in a friendly country. It will be interesting to see which one that will be (China, France, Switzerland) and clearly an indication of what outside help he has received to stay in power all this time.
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