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capotalfm.co.ke wrote:Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed Friday he is on course for a landslide win in an election branded a sham by his rivals, but which the African Union said was fair and credible.
Partial results of Wednesday’s poll have given the 89 year old a commanding lead, with his ZANU-PF party garnering 87 seats out of 120 declared.
“Our opponents don’t know what hit them,” party spokesman Rugare Gumbo told AFP. “It’s the prediction that the president might likely get 70 to 75 percent.”
ZANU-PF also predicted it would win a two thirds majority in parliament, enough to amend the new constitution that introduced term limits and curbed presidential powers.
Mugabe’s bitter rival Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected the vote as a “huge farce” and “nul and void”. Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi
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