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« Reply #75 on: April 12, 2008, 01:48:32 PM »
« edited: April 12, 2008, 01:51:27 PM by StateBoiler »
Quote from: La Revolucióncita on April 11, 2008, 02:18:57 PM
The Election Commission continues to decline to release results. In other words, Mr Tsvangirai has either won outright, or hasn't by such a ridiculously small margin that no one's going to be convinced he didn't.
ZANU-PF and the Election Commission are really hitting themselves for thinking they didn't need to forge the election results, and now it's probably too late. So they're just trying to sit this out. The African Union is probably trying to broker something, but I can't see what.

The Southern African Development Commission are having an extraordinary summit today, called and hosted by the Zambian president on Zimbabwe. Mugabe has declined to go and Tsvangirai will be going. Mbeki met with Mugabe on his way to Zambia and said there is no crisis in Zimbabwe currently.
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Nothing has yet come out of what the SADC summit has determined. A lot of Zimbabweans on a board I'm reading for the election crisis feel Mbeki is selling them out.
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« Reply #76 on: April 12, 2008, 02:34:13 PM »
Quote from: StateBoiler on April 12, 2008, 01:48:32 PM
A lot of Zimbabweans on a board I'm reading for the election crisis feel Mbeki is selling them out.

Is selling?  Mbeki has been a Mugabe apoligist for years now.  I'm not happy at the thought of the kleptocratic Zuma being President after Mbeki, but it looks like at least on this issue he'll be far better.
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« Reply #77 on: April 13, 2008, 02:14:01 PM »
The summit is an utter farce. First there is the suggestion that Makoni becomes a "compromise" leader, in spite of the fact that he in all likelihood won a mere one-digit percentage figure, and now the MDC are being told to "respect" the result whatever it may be. Mbeki's ludricous remark about there not being a crisis in Zimbabwe is ridiculous of course, but unfortunately it's not unexpected either. The whole thing is an utter, utter face. These "leaders" should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
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« Reply #78 on: May 02, 2008, 03:55:13 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7378829.stm

Still no official result.
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« Reply #79 on: May 02, 2008, 08:35:07 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7380445.stm

Conclusion- MDC won.
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« Reply #80 on: May 02, 2008, 02:55:11 PM »

But not outright. There's still the question of the runoff which the MDC doesn't want last time I checked.
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« Reply #81 on: May 02, 2008, 04:34:44 PM »
Yeah, but they clearly did win outright in the real election results.
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« Reply #82 on: May 02, 2008, 04:35:21 PM »

The first round yes, but there's still the question of the runoff that's quite important.
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« Reply #83 on: May 03, 2008, 03:41:30 AM »
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Yeah, but they clearly did win outright in the real election results.
Uh, no. Nothing "clear" about that.
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« Reply #84 on: May 03, 2008, 03:18:48 PM »
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Yeah, but they clearly did win outright in the real election results.

If MDC doesn't take power it's not really worth a s*** is it?
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« Reply #85 on: June 22, 2008, 08:03:11 AM »
« Edited: June 22, 2008, 09:30:59 AM by Affable Labour Hack »
Tsvangirai pulls out

This election was meaningless either way.
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« Reply #86 on: June 22, 2008, 09:37:24 AM »

It was pretty clear that was the case after Mugabe said something like "You can't beat guns with pens" last week.
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« Reply #87 on: June 22, 2008, 05:56:29 PM »
I'm really sad now. I had hope for Zimbabwe. They were so close! Did anyone see how happy the people were when it looked like Tsvangarai had won... I am really depressed. Another win for dictators... Myanmar, Zimbabwe, what's next?
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« Reply #88 on: June 23, 2008, 05:48:19 AM »
I wonder why the US don't export democracy to Zimbabwe...ops,no oil.Jerk off then stupid zimbabweans.
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« Reply #89 on: June 23, 2008, 08:42:23 AM »
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I wonder why the US don't export democracy to Zimbabwe...ops,no oil.Jerk off then stupid zimbabweans.

Please stop being ignorant about the whole "OMG it's about oil!!!1!!!111!!!11!1!" when you no it's not the case. Or if you really do believe it, stop drinkin the kool aid.
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« Reply #90 on: June 23, 2008, 09:01:01 AM »
Quote from: SoEA MasterJedi on June 23, 2008, 08:42:23 AM
Quote from: italian-boy on June 23, 2008, 05:48:19 AM
I wonder why the US don't export democracy to Zimbabwe...ops,no oil.Jerk off then stupid zimbabweans.

Please stop being ignorant about the whole "OMG it's about oil!!!1!!!111!!!11!1!" when you no it's not the case. Or if you really do believe it, stop drinkin the kool aid.
May I introduce you to the treaties the US is currently trying to blackmail Iraq to agree to?
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