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'Demonstrations and mass action are options' to challenge Mugabe's victory says MDC
02 Aug 2013 at 09:28hrs | Views
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has said that it could take to the streets to challenge President Robert Mugabe's victory in an election it rejects as a farce and which faces scepticism from the West.
No results of the presidential vote on July 31 have been announced.
But Mugabe's ZANU-PF has already claimed a resounding win and interim tallies of the parliamentary count suggest a massive victory for the 89-year-old, Africa's oldest president,
who has ruled since independence from Britain in 1980.
The mood on the streets of the capital Harare was subdued on Friday as the MDC-T's top leadership met at its headquarters to chart their next move, with everything from a legal challenge to street protests on the table.
"Demonstrations and mass action are options," party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said.
No results of the presidential vote on July 31 have been announced.
who has ruled since independence from Britain in 1980.
The mood on the streets of the capital Harare was subdued on Friday as the MDC-T's top leadership met at its headquarters to chart their next move, with everything from a legal challenge to street protests on the table.
"Demonstrations and mass action are options," party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said.
Source - Aljazeera
