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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Aug 1, 2018 21:36:02 GMT
"A man has reportedly been shot dead by the army in Zimbabwe as people protested against election results giving the ruling Zanu-PF party a big parliamentary majority. A photographer from the AFP news agency said the man died at the scene in Harare after being shot in the stomach. Soldiers arrived after police got into running battles with protesters, who threw stones and burned tyres." news.sky.com/story/zimbabwes-ruling-party-zanu-pf-wins-parliamentary-election-11455999Sounds like full scale chaos now. |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Aug 1, 2018 21:56:13 GMT
Not rop surprising given the split opposition (although the majority is questionable), but the untied presidential opposition ans the percentage fo ZANU-PF in the comstituencies does npt point to a victory for ED in the first round of he Presidential election. This is where ZEC is in a cleft stick. |
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Post by robert1 on Aug 2, 2018 16:43:29 GMT
Have been in the most remote parts of Matabeleland North for the period of election and returned yesterday. We are staying a few blocs from yesterday's tragedy.
Chamisa has just held a press conference in our hotel. He has a very light touch. Surprisingly relaxed given all the pressures of the last few days. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said that it will (finally) publish the presidential results at 22.00 (21.00 UK time).
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Post by mboy on Aug 2, 2018 18:17:26 GMT
I'm guessing Matabeleland is safe for Chamisa...
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Post by CatholicLeft on Aug 2, 2018 19:08:43 GMT
The MDC HQ has been raided....so emds even a modicum of pretence.
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Post by mboy on Aug 2, 2018 19:53:54 GMT
That means the result could be close perhaps. Maybe something is needed to fabricate a crime?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 2, 2018 21:15:09 GMT
Nine out of ten provinces have results, with Mashonaland West outstanding (likely to go Mnangagwa in a big way). With 9/10 the results are
Mnangagwa (ZANU-PF) 2,147,505
Chamisa (MDC Alliance) 1,929,704
Others 139,596
So Mnangagwa on 50.93%
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 2, 2018 21:26:06 GMT
Come to think of it, one thing about Mashonaland West - it includes Zvimba which is Cde R.G. Mugabe's homeland. Has a total of 685,000 voters.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 2, 2018 21:56:07 GMT
Jonathan Moyo has done a compilation of the V11 forms in Mash West which gives:
Mnangagwa 314,148
Chamisa 216,441
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 2, 2018 22:29:07 GMT
More than an hour after the ZEC platform party adjourned for a very precise "16 minutes", and an MDC-Alliance spokesman has gone on stage and said they are rejecting the results as declared so far because the provisions of the Electoral Act weren't complied with.
(A bit difficult to hear as the press appeared to be heckling him while he was speaking)
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 2, 2018 22:48:29 GMT
President gets 50.8% in the first round.
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Post by mboy on Aug 2, 2018 23:02:58 GMT
How suspiciously convenient...
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Post by Richard Allen on Aug 2, 2018 23:22:38 GMT
Anybody who spent any time attempting to analyse this election were wasting their time. No result other than this was ever going to be permitted. The military did not remove Mugabe only to allow their man to lose an election.
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Post by yellowperil on Aug 3, 2018 8:07:41 GMT
Anybody who spent any time attempting to analyse this election were wasting their time. No result other than this was ever going to be permitted. The military did not remove Mugabe only to allow their man to lose an election. If this is based on anything more than reasonable supposition, then I hope we will get a full-blooded condemnation from international observers. So far the only comments I have seen have been ambivalent at best. |
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 3, 2018 9:55:26 GMT
Yes, all very predictable. It could of course be an at least approximate representation of the actual "will of the people" but nobody can just presume that.
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 3, 2018 13:21:40 GMT
I'm trying to find the results of the presidential election by province, without success so far.
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Post by mboy on Aug 3, 2018 13:40:11 GMT
Zanu PF haven't decided what they are yet  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Aug 3, 2018 14:11:10 GMT
I have them at home, taken down from the live broadcast of the ZEC announcement, although they don't quite tally (the nationwide vote for each candidate is not always the total of what I heard them get in each province).
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Post by yellowperil on Aug 3, 2018 14:15:44 GMT
I'm trying to find the results of the presidential election by province, without success so far. Do you mean "results"? |
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 3, 2018 14:45:17 GMT
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