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Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe president defends 'fair' election as opposition cries foul
2018-08-04
[DAWN] Zim-bob-wean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday brushed off allegations that his election victory was tainted by fraud, hailing the vote as a fresh start for the country after the repressive rule of Bob Muggsy Mugabe
Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case. Dumped in November 2017 when the Missus decided she wanted to be president, and opposed heer might against Crocodile Mnangawa Important safety tip: If your opponent goes by the name Crocodile andf your title is Shopper in Chief let him win....
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Yep. It's all over but the shootin.'
As defeated opposition leader Nelson Chamisa decried the official results as a sham, Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe ally, defended the vote and called for unity.

"With the eyes of the world on us we delivered a free, fair and credible election," Mnangagwa told news hounds.

He added that while "no democratic process is flawless", Zim-bob-we's first post-Mugabe election was a far cry from the fraud-tainted polls seen during Mugabe's 37 years in power.

Final results showed Mnangagwa won 50.8 per cent of Monday's vote against Chamisa's 44.3 percent ‐ a knife-edge 0.8 per cent above the threshold needed to avoid a run-off.

But Chamisa has insisted he was the winner of an election he condemned as "fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate".

"We are not accepting fake results," he said, vowing to challenge the results through the courts.

Posted by:Fred

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