Zimbabwe MDC Alliance slams election result as fake
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on thursday the army had guarded zanu-pf headquarters while armoured personnel carriers water-cannon trucks and police anti-riot vans took positions outside the mdc headquarters1 zimbabwe opposition mdc alliance said the election of president emmerson mnangagwa was based on a fake result and that it would challenge it in court1 he quickly took to twitter to say he was humbled to have won the election hailing it as a new beginning for the country1 after mnangagwa was declared the winner he told afp that his party rejected the outcome. we will take this to the courts he said1 police and soldiers were on the streets of harare overnight but there were no reported protests and few public celebrations when the results were announced after midnight1 turnout was high at over 80 percent in most of the countrys 10 provinces1 he took to twitter on friday morning to explain what he called the fraud and manipulation of the will of the people of zimbabwe1 the zec scandal of releasing unverified fake results is regrettable. zec denied our election agent access to results be4 announcement. zec must release proper1 zimbabwe was braced for public reaction to the election results the first since the ousting of mugabe after a deadly crackdown on protesters1 six people were killed on wednesday when troops fired live rounds against mdc demonstrators alleging the vote had been rigged1 soldiers and police cleared central harare ahead of the results shouting at pedestrians and traders to leave the area as the opposition movement for democratic change mdc repeatedly alleged that zanu-pf was stealing the election1 according to zimbabwe electoral commission mnangagwa won 50.8 percent of the vote ahead of nelson chamisa of the opposition mdc party on 44.3 percent1 mondays vote was meant to turn the page on years of brutal repression under mugabe end zimbabwes international isolation and attract foreign investment to revive the shattered economy1 mnangagwa had promised a free and fair vote after the military ushered him to power when mugabe was forced to resign in november1 in the parliamentary election also held on monday zanu-pf won easily1 before the violence european union observers declared they found an un-level playing field and lack of trust in the election process1 election observers from the commonwealth issued a statement after wednesdays clashes to denounce the excessive use of force against unarmed civilians1 it means our suffering will continue emion chitsate a security guard at a shopping centre in the waterfalls district of harare said of the result1 its the same zanu-pf which brought us to where we are1 under mugabes rule elections were often marred by fraud and deadly violence1 zec chairwoman chigumba a high court judge has flatly rejected allegations of bias and rigging1 the zec website was unable to publish results after it was hacked during the week1