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US rejects Zim poll results, UK expresses 'deep concern'
04 Aug 2013 at 04:21hrs | Views
Washington - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Zimbabwe's presidential election results for the July 31 poll are the culmination of a deeply flawed process and do not represent the will of the country's citizens.
"In light of substantial electoral irregularities reported by domestic and regional observers, the United States does not believe that the results announced today represent a credible expression of the will of the Zimbabwean people," Kerry said in a statement.
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) plans a court challenge against the election victory by President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party which the MDC rejects as a fraud, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Saturday.
"We are going to go to court, we are going to go to the AU (African Union), we are going to go to the SADC (Southern African Development Community)," Tsvangirai angrily told a news conference in Harare.
Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed "deep concern" over the conduct of the election, saying the failure to share the voters' roll with political parties was a "critical flaw."
"In light of substantial electoral irregularities reported by domestic and regional observers, the United States does not believe that the results announced today represent a credible expression of the will of the Zimbabwean people," Kerry said in a statement.
"We are going to go to court, we are going to go to the AU (African Union), we are going to go to the SADC (Southern African Development Community)," Tsvangirai angrily told a news conference in Harare.
Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed "deep concern" over the conduct of the election, saying the failure to share the voters' roll with political parties was a "critical flaw."
Source - Radio VOP
