Clowgon
01-04-2008, 11:14 AM
Zimbabweans are anxiously awaiting more results from Saturday's election, which have been slow to emerge.
An independent monitoring group says opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai got 49% of the vote - just short of the 50% needed to avoid a run-off.
Official presidential results have not been published, but Mr Tsvangirai's party says he won and the delay is to allow the outcome to be rigged.
Ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition are very close in the parliamentary vote. Zanu-PF has 64 parliamentary seats, while the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has 67 in total, with 79 seats still not declared, according to official results. Five of the opposition seats have gone to a breakaway faction of the MDC. Correspondents say the streets of the capital, Harare, have been quiet, but security in parts of the city is tight. But the mood is turning from elation to despondency as the delay in releasing the full results drag on, they say.
Reports saying that he has fled the country and is rigging the Votes.
An independent monitoring group says opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai got 49% of the vote - just short of the 50% needed to avoid a run-off.
Official presidential results have not been published, but Mr Tsvangirai's party says he won and the delay is to allow the outcome to be rigged.
Ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition are very close in the parliamentary vote. Zanu-PF has 64 parliamentary seats, while the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has 67 in total, with 79 seats still not declared, according to official results. Five of the opposition seats have gone to a breakaway faction of the MDC. Correspondents say the streets of the capital, Harare, have been quiet, but security in parts of the city is tight. But the mood is turning from elation to despondency as the delay in releasing the full results drag on, they say.
Reports saying that he has fled the country and is rigging the Votes.