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Zimbabwe opposition leader rejects ‘unverified fake results’
HARARE, Aug 3, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa
on Friday dismissed what he called the “unverified fake results” of the
election which handed victory to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
“The ZEC scandal of releasing unverified fake results is regrettable,”
Chamisa wrote on Twitter, referring to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
He charged that the ZEC had denied his Movement for Democratic Change
party access to the results before the announcement that Mnangagwa had won by
the narrowest margin of 50.8 percent.
“ZEC must release proper & verified results endorsed by parties,” Chamisa
said.
“The level of opaqueness, truth deficiency, moral decay & values deficit
is baffling.”
Mnangagwa, a former ally of Robert Mugabe who replaced the long-ruling
autocrat in November after a brief military intervention, has hailed his
victory as a “new beginning” for Zimbabwe.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1305 hrs