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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Mugabe rivals reject poll result |
| 2008-05-03 |
| Zimbabwe's opposition has rejected results that give it the most votes in the country's presidential election, but not enough to avoid a run-off. The Movement for Democratic Change said it had been cheated of thousands of votes that would have given candidate Morgan Tsvangirai an outright victory. But MDC leaders did not rule out taking part in a second round, saying they would decide the issue this weekend. Not participating would hand automatic victory to President Robert Mugabe. Mr Mugabe has accepted the long-awaited results that gave him 43.2% of the vote, compared with 47.9% for the MDC candidate Morgan Tsvangirai. A spokesman for Mr Mugabe said he would stand in a second round of voting. |
| Posted by:Fred |