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HARARE: The vote was suspended in the first elections in Zimbabwe since Robert Mugabe was ousted after 37 years of power, observers warned of shortcomings in the historic poll of Monday, July 30.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the ruling party, ZANU-PF, clashed with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) in the historic vote
" I'm not shy to say that I voted for Chamisa, "said Ndumiso Nyoni, 20, a worker in a hut in Lupane, southern Zimbabwe.
Polling station officials, in which were a record number of candidates, declared that long queues were held in many polling stations.
Election observers of the European Union, already banned, present for the first time times for years, said that participation seemed high, but they warned against any "gaps."
check.We still do not know if it was about A trend or it was a bad organ isation in some polling stations, "told AFP Elmar Brok, chief observer of the EU
was) a large amount of votes – especially the young, most of the time in a very good atmosphere, generally peaceful, which is positive. "
With 5.6 million registered voters, the results of presidential, parliamentary and local elections 4.
A second-round vote is scheduled for September 8 if no presidential candidate wins in minus 50%.
Mugabe, 94, who was overthrown by the army in November, voted at his usual polling station in Harare.His wife Grace, after a surprise two-hour press conference at his home Sunday called on voters to reject ZANU-PF.
Mugabe, wearing a dark suit and red tie, was hailed after voting. not answering reporters' questions on w He voted for …
Mnangagwa, who voted in his constituency of Kwekwe in central Zimbabwe, said Mugabe had the right to speak in the country's new "democratic space" [19659005] "I am very happy that the campaign process" (1965905) "A EMPATHIC VOICE FOR CHANGE "
Mnangagwa, 75, has promised change and is the first to receive tacit military support, loyal media from the state and ruling party control over government resources .
The party controls the lower house of parliament, which is also ready to be elected.
But Chamisa, 40, lawyer and pastor "At the end of the day, we should be very clear about an emphatic voice for change, the new, and the young – I represent that," said Chamisa in voting in Harare, surrounded by supporters.
According to him, his victory would be assured if the rigged ballots were excluded.
On Twitter, he alleged that there was a "deliberate attempt to suppress" the vote in urban areas – bastions of the MDC
Generals of Zimbabwe He shocked the world the world over. last year when he took control and took Mnangagwa to power after Mugabe groomed his wife to succeed him.
The election is Zimbabwe's first without Mugabe, which led ZANU-PF to power in 1980. The elections under Mugabe were tainted by systematic frauds and often deadly violence, but the campaign was relatively free and peaceful.
A recent Afrobarometer survey of 2,400 people placed Mnangagwa at 40% and Chamisa at 37%, with 20% undecided
"WE CAN NOT TRUST CONCERN" [19659005] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned of intimidation and threats of violence in the country. The new government will face mass unemployment and an economy shattered by the seizure of whites-owned farms under Mugabe, the collapse of agriculture,
Health services and &,,,, education are in ruins and millions have fled abroad
Life expectancy has only recently regained its level of 61 years in 1985.
"While investors remain Skeptics If Mugabe's former right-hand man has indeed returned a new page, Mnangagwa's offensive on charm with governments and Western companies has at least given him a credible lifeline, "said Charles Laurie, an analyst at Verisk Maplecrodt, Harare, a 32-year-old finance graduate, Tinashe Dongo, said he wanted a "change" after Monday's vote.
"We want these degrees to be used and that our children can appreciate the value of l & # 39; Education … My main concern is the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, which clearly has a favorite party, "he said
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