The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission finally announced the results of the presidential election held on March 29, which finally confirm that Mugabe lost the election.
Morgan Tsvangirai …………47.9 percent
Robert Mugabe …………….43.2percent
Simba Makoni ……………..8.3 percent
The above results show that no candidate got the majority of the total vote cast of 50 percent or more, a second election will now be held on a date to be announced by the commission. The rules say the election re-run should be within 21 days. However there have been rumours that it could be longer.
Friday 02 May we finally got the latest but not so latest results of the Zimbabwe presidential election 2008, we already knew of all these figures they are giving us. But the commission had to make an announcement, anyone still trust this is an independent commission or is it a Zanu PF organisation?
The opposition MDC called the announcement of the long-delayed result “scandalous daylight robbery”. I agree with them, otherwise what else could explain this long delay in releasing the results. The MDC executive will meet to discuss the results, but there isn’t much choice but to take part in the election re-run. If Tsvangirai refuses to take part, Mugabe will be declared the winner.
So what’s next for Zimbabwe? Already there have been reports of violence against MDC supporters perpetrated by Zanu PF supporters and government militias (so called green bombers). But why do they have to resort to beating people up? What crime have they committed? They crime is because they allowed their hunger to affect their thinking and they voted for Tsvangirai. How dare they vote for the British puppet, Mugabe and his old guard and some young misguided elements were stunned, but they saw it coming. They can’t say they don’t know that people are suffering.
Hopefully people will still be brave enough to go out and vote whenever the election is going to be held. If the politicians come with their food or whatever method of vote buying, they should gladly take it. What matters is what happens in the ballot both. Are we now on the final leg, is Morgan still capable of throwing that all important knock out punch and send Mugabe into retirement?
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