you are right Aaron but SADC is not ECOWAS! absolutely big for nothing organization!
> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:41:59 +0200
> Subject: Re: Tsvangirai denounces Zimbabwe vote as "huge farce"
> From: nyangkweagien@gmail.com
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> Morgan is the junior brother of Ouattara who believes that western
> compradors like Obama, Cameron and Hollande will bomb Zimbabwe and get
> him to power
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> Aaron
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> On 8/2/13, Thomas Jing <thomasjing@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > if Zimbabwe should have to do away with Mugabe, morgan is not fit to replace
> > him. he is a coward!
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> > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:30:25 -0700
> > From: jamesashu@yahoo.com
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> > Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai gestures during a media briefing
> > in Harare August 1, 2013. …
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> > By MacDonald Dzirutwe
> > HARARE (Reuters) - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwe's
> > election as a farce on Thursday after his rival President Robert Mugabe's
> > party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in
> > power for Africa's oldest head of state.
> > Speaking at the headquarters of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a
> > downbeat Tsvangirai said Wednesday's vote should be rejected as invalid
> > because of polling day irregularities and vote-rigging by 89-year-old
> > Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.
> > "This has been a huge farce," he told reporters. "In our view, that election
> > is null and void." He did not take questions, leaving it unclear whether he
> > or his party will mount any kind of legal challenge.
> > The conflicting claims from the two main competing camps came before
> > Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission had issued any official results, and raise
> > the prospect of an acrimonious post-election dispute.
> > There are fears that this could spill over into violence, as happened after
> > the last election in 2008 when 200 MDC supporters were killed in the wake of
> > a first-round defeat for Mugabe, who has ruled since independence from
> > Britain in 1980.
> > Wednesday's poll was peaceful but the largest independent observer group
> > said it was seriously compromised because of voter registration problems
> > that may have disenfranchised up to a million people - a fifth of all
> > Zimbabweans of voting age.
> > Releasing unofficial results early is illegal, and police had said they
> > would arrest anybody who did this.
> > However, a senior source in Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, who asked not to be
> > named, told Reuters less than 15 hours after the polls closed that the
> > result was already clear.
> > "We've taken this election. We've buried the MDC. We never had any doubt
> > that we were going to win," the source said, but gave no vote numbers.
> > If confirmed, Mugabe's victory is likely to mean five more years of troubled
> > relations with the West, where the former liberation fighter is regarded as
> > a ruthless despot responsible for serious human rights abuses and wrecking
> > the economy.
> > Asked on the eve of the polls if he was fit enough to last in office until
> > the age of 94, Mugabe joked about the reports of his imminent death that
> > occasionally surface in the media.
> > "According to Europe and perhaps America, I died. I don't know how many
> > times I died," he said. "But never would they say I have resurrected. I'm
> > not dead yet."
> > CONTRADICTORY ASSESSMENTS
> > Western election observers were barred from entering the southern African
> > country, which has rich reserves of minerals such as diamonds, chrome, coal
> > and platinum.
> > Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, head of an African Union (AU)
> > monitoring team, said on Wednesday the polls appeared to be "peaceful,
> > orderly and free and fair" - a stance he reiterated on state television
> > after saying goodbye to Mugabe late on Thursday.
> > "I have been able to witness an election that is free and fair as we could
> > see it," he said.
> > His assessment was sharply at odds with that of non-government organisations
> > closely following the elections.
> > The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), the leading domestic
> > monitoring body, said large numbers of people had been turned away from
> > polling stations in MDC strongholds.
> > It also cast doubt on the authenticity of the voters' roll, noting that
> > 99.97 percent of voters in the countryside - Mugabe's main source of support
> > - were registered, against just 67.94 percent in the mostly pro-Tsvangirai
> > urban areas.
> > In all, 6.4 million people, nearly half the population, had been registered
> > to vote.
> > "It is not sufficient for elections to be peaceful for elections to be
> > credible," ZESN chairman Solomon Zwana told a news conference. "They must
> > offer all citizens... an equal opportunity to vote."
> > In a statement issued after his brief public appearance, Tsvangirai said the
> > "shoddy manner" in which the election had been conducted would plunge the
> > country into a serious crisis.
> > MDC IN DISARRAY
> > Several political sources told Reuters that many of the MDC's top leadership
> > had lost their parliamentary seats, leaving in disarray a 14-year-old
> > political grouping backed by financial and logistical support from Western
> > governments.
> > Whatever the verdict from the AU and Southern African Development Community
> > (SADC), of which Zimbabwe is a member, the outcome is likely to face intense
> > scrutiny outside Africa, where dislike of Mugabe runs deep.
> > The United States, which has sanctions in place against Mugabe and his inner
> > circle, expressed concerns in advance about the election's credibility,
> > citing persistent pro-ZANU-PF bias in the state media and partisan security
> > forces.
> > The view from Brussels, London and Washington is key to the future of
> > Zimbabwe's economy, which is still struggling with the aftermath of a
> > decade-long slump and hyperinflation that ended in 2009 when the worthless
> > Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped.
> > However, if the vote meets with the broad approval of regional observers, it
> > will be hard for the West to ignore it without creating a diplomatic
> > ruckus.
> > "If they step up sanctions, they will have to go on record as rejecting the
> > AU's and SADC's election evaluation and that will put them in a tight spot
> > politically," said Mark Rosenburg, an analyst at the Eurasia Group political
> > consultancy .
> > In March, the European Union suspended most sanctions after Zimbabwean
> > voters approved a new constitution limiting presidential powers, opening the
> > way for the July 31 election.
> > The International Monetary Fund agreed in June to monitor Zimbabwe's
> > programmes until the end of the year, moving Harare a step closer to clear
> > its billions of dollars of debt arrears.
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> Subject: Re: Tsvangirai denounces Zimbabwe vote as "huge farce"
> From: nyangkweagien@gmail.com
> To: ambasbay@googlegroups.com
>
> Morgan is the junior brother of Ouattara who believes that western
> compradors like Obama, Cameron and Hollande will bomb Zimbabwe and get
> him to power
>
> Aaron
>
> On 8/2/13, Thomas Jing <thomasjing@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > if Zimbabwe should have to do away with Mugabe, morgan is not fit to replace
> > him. he is a coward!
> >
> > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:30:25 -0700
> > From: jamesashu@yahoo.com
> > Subject: Tsvangirai denounces Zimbabwe vote as "huge farce"
> > To: camnetwork@yahoogroups.com; ambasbay@googlegroups.com;
> > manyunet@aufoundation.org; manyu@yahoogroups.com; manyuforum@manyuvoice.org;
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> > MacDonald Dzirutwe 1 hour ago ElectionsPolitics & GovernmentMorgan
> > TsvangiraiRobert MugabeZimbabwe
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> >
> > .
> > View gallery
> > Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai gestures during a media briefing
> > in Harare August 1, 2013. …
> >
> >
> >
> > By MacDonald Dzirutwe
> > HARARE (Reuters) - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwe's
> > election as a farce on Thursday after his rival President Robert Mugabe's
> > party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in
> > power for Africa's oldest head of state.
> > Speaking at the headquarters of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a
> > downbeat Tsvangirai said Wednesday's vote should be rejected as invalid
> > because of polling day irregularities and vote-rigging by 89-year-old
> > Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.
> > "This has been a huge farce," he told reporters. "In our view, that election
> > is null and void." He did not take questions, leaving it unclear whether he
> > or his party will mount any kind of legal challenge.
> > The conflicting claims from the two main competing camps came before
> > Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission had issued any official results, and raise
> > the prospect of an acrimonious post-election dispute.
> > There are fears that this could spill over into violence, as happened after
> > the last election in 2008 when 200 MDC supporters were killed in the wake of
> > a first-round defeat for Mugabe, who has ruled since independence from
> > Britain in 1980.
> > Wednesday's poll was peaceful but the largest independent observer group
> > said it was seriously compromised because of voter registration problems
> > that may have disenfranchised up to a million people - a fifth of all
> > Zimbabweans of voting age.
> > Releasing unofficial results early is illegal, and police had said they
> > would arrest anybody who did this.
> > However, a senior source in Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, who asked not to be
> > named, told Reuters less than 15 hours after the polls closed that the
> > result was already clear.
> > "We've taken this election. We've buried the MDC. We never had any doubt
> > that we were going to win," the source said, but gave no vote numbers.
> > If confirmed, Mugabe's victory is likely to mean five more years of troubled
> > relations with the West, where the former liberation fighter is regarded as
> > a ruthless despot responsible for serious human rights abuses and wrecking
> > the economy.
> > Asked on the eve of the polls if he was fit enough to last in office until
> > the age of 94, Mugabe joked about the reports of his imminent death that
> > occasionally surface in the media.
> > "According to Europe and perhaps America, I died. I don't know how many
> > times I died," he said. "But never would they say I have resurrected. I'm
> > not dead yet."
> > CONTRADICTORY ASSESSMENTS
> > Western election observers were barred from entering the southern African
> > country, which has rich reserves of minerals such as diamonds, chrome, coal
> > and platinum.
> > Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, head of an African Union (AU)
> > monitoring team, said on Wednesday the polls appeared to be "peaceful,
> > orderly and free and fair" - a stance he reiterated on state television
> > after saying goodbye to Mugabe late on Thursday.
> > "I have been able to witness an election that is free and fair as we could
> > see it," he said.
> > His assessment was sharply at odds with that of non-government organisations
> > closely following the elections.
> > The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), the leading domestic
> > monitoring body, said large numbers of people had been turned away from
> > polling stations in MDC strongholds.
> > It also cast doubt on the authenticity of the voters' roll, noting that
> > 99.97 percent of voters in the countryside - Mugabe's main source of support
> > - were registered, against just 67.94 percent in the mostly pro-Tsvangirai
> > urban areas.
> > In all, 6.4 million people, nearly half the population, had been registered
> > to vote.
> > "It is not sufficient for elections to be peaceful for elections to be
> > credible," ZESN chairman Solomon Zwana told a news conference. "They must
> > offer all citizens... an equal opportunity to vote."
> > In a statement issued after his brief public appearance, Tsvangirai said the
> > "shoddy manner" in which the election had been conducted would plunge the
> > country into a serious crisis.
> > MDC IN DISARRAY
> > Several political sources told Reuters that many of the MDC's top leadership
> > had lost their parliamentary seats, leaving in disarray a 14-year-old
> > political grouping backed by financial and logistical support from Western
> > governments.
> > Whatever the verdict from the AU and Southern African Development Community
> > (SADC), of which Zimbabwe is a member, the outcome is likely to face intense
> > scrutiny outside Africa, where dislike of Mugabe runs deep.
> > The United States, which has sanctions in place against Mugabe and his inner
> > circle, expressed concerns in advance about the election's credibility,
> > citing persistent pro-ZANU-PF bias in the state media and partisan security
> > forces.
> > The view from Brussels, London and Washington is key to the future of
> > Zimbabwe's economy, which is still struggling with the aftermath of a
> > decade-long slump and hyperinflation that ended in 2009 when the worthless
> > Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped.
> > However, if the vote meets with the broad approval of regional observers, it
> > will be hard for the West to ignore it without creating a diplomatic
> > ruckus.
> > "If they step up sanctions, they will have to go on record as rejecting the
> > AU's and SADC's election evaluation and that will put them in a tight spot
> > politically," said Mark Rosenburg, an analyst at the Eurasia Group political
> > consultancy .
> > In March, the European Union suspended most sanctions after Zimbabwean
> > voters approved a new constitution limiting presidential powers, opening the
> > way for the July 31 election.
> > The International Monetary Fund agreed in June to monitor Zimbabwe's
> > programmes until the end of the year, moving Harare a step closer to clear
> > its billions of dollars of debt arrears.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If You do not know Your Capabilities and Limitations, You are a Danger to
> > Yourself and Society.
> >
> >
> >
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