Posted on 03/20/2008 7:34:41 AM PDT by george76
Zimbabwe's main opposition party has gone to court after President Robert Mugabe changed an election law less than two weeks before polls.
On Monday, he issued a decree to allow police officers into polling stations - just two months after they were banned to ensure voting would be secret.
Mr Mugabe said the police could be allowed to help disabled people vote.
But a Movement for Democratic Change spokesman said the police could be used to make people vote for Mr Mugabe.
there are far fewer polling stations in urban areas, seen as pro-opposition, than in rural areas, where support for Mr Mugabe is strongest.
The opposition say they have found evidence of dead people registered to vote including a former minister who died 30 years ago.
Western observers and the MDC said that Zimbabwe's recent elections have not been free and fair.
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Robert Mugabe
The Peoples Paradise of Z-land
just issued $1,000,000.00 bills,
yes, 1 mill. Worth about USD$3.00,
and that’s at the official rate.
For anyone interested in “change”,
this is surely one form of it.
Someone, please, get a one-way first class ticket for Jimmmmy Carter to go and stay there. I’m sure he will guaranty “free and fair” elections.
When the civil war happens in the former Rhodesia, I hope the entire tribe to which Mugabe belongs is massacred to its last member, him last. But I didn’t get my Spartan-style black soup for breakfast this morning...
...and thanks george. [blush]
If Mr. Mugabe can demonstrate that he is sufficiently anti-American, surely Jimmy Carter will be able to certify his elections as “free and fair”.
“going to court”
ROFL. yeah, that will work.
Jimmy has been silent ?
Man, I dunno. Call me crazy, but I’m starting to get the feeling BobbyMugabe might not be entirely on the up and up...
“The opposition say they have found evidence of dead people registered to vote including a former minister who died 30 years ago.”
That would be a former Rhodesian minister, then.
But other than that, it’s gonna be a fair election. ;’) ;’) ;’D
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The last election was determined by the African observers to be not free or fair but acceptable African standards.
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