This morning, Zimbabwe’s state-run (aka Mugabe-run) newspaper The Herald said that neither Mugabe nor challenger Morgan Tsvangirai captured enough votes in last month’s presidential election to avoid a runoff.
Strangely enough, this morning Tsvangirai’s MDC (Movement for Democratic Change not Millions of Dead Cops) Party announced that they had captured 50.3% of the vote; enough to send Mugabe packing.
From NY Times:
A Zimbabwean businessman with close links to the ruling party, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the nation’s military and intelligence chiefs discussed several options with the president after the vote appeared to go badly. These included the outright rigging of the election, going to a runoff and even the “elimination” of Mr. Tsvangirai.
I’d say look out for the truckloads of machetes once results get released, but knowing Mugabe, he will probably just round up all the MDC people and bulldoze them.
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