Word: pf
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...election commission is appointed by Mugabe's Zanu-PF regime and its independence has therefore been suspect. The rationale behind the regime's month-long wait before releasing the result and, then, its announcement of another round seems simple: delay and regroup. Mugabe's regime indicated a few days after the poll that it knew Tsvangirai had beaten Mugabe. (The state-controlled Herald newspaper reported Mugabe had failed to win reelection and predicted a second round runoff.) Meanwhile, the Election Commission announced that the MDC had won a majority in parliament and a few days ago confirmed that result after...
...away with it this time, but he won't last forever, and there'll be another chance in five years.' There won't be. If he doesn't go, there will not be another chance. There will not be another election in five years' time unless Zanu-PF is the only party contesting. There will be no MDC - everyone who opposes Zanu-PF will be in jail or in exile. There is a rapidly narrowing window of opportunity. This month. Perhaps next. After that, the country will be stolen from us for good...
...According to Sisulu, the opposition's gains in parliament have forced a crack that cannot be resealed in Mugabe's power structure. This will be the first time since independence from Britain in 1980 that ZANU-PF has not controlled Parliament. "This is a very precarious and dangerous situation now," she says...
...violence that has gripped the country over the past month could escalate rather than abate, because commanders of the security forces have vowed never to yield to opposition rule. The MDC claims that 15 of its supporters have been killed, and hundreds more beaten, tortured and evicted as ZANU-PF attempts to assert its authority in rural areas and MDC strongholds. Outside observers concur that political violence is increasing. On Monday, the 215 opposition supporters rounded up in a raid on MDC offices in Harare on Friday - many of them injured party workers from elsewhere - were still being held, despite...
...supporters hopeful. "This was the moment for them to reunite, because the disagreement between them was always about how to get rid of Mugabe," says Sisulu. "So now that the electorate has spoken, there's no reason for their differences." Still, whatever the outcome of the election, ZANU-PF is showing little sign of meekly accepting the verdict of the electorate. Last Friday, a South African newspaper reported that Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos, a longtime Mugabe ally, was ready to send his troops to the Zimbabwean ruler's aid if necessary. And if the results announced on Tuesday require...