Zimbabwe President Robert Mugaba won a non -alternative victory

On Friday, the second round of the presidential election was held in Zimbabwe. The current President of Zimbabwe, 84-year-old Robert Mugaba, as he promised, was re-elected for a new five-year term. Moreover, the inauguration of Mugaba took place before the announcement of official results.

In the elections that have repeatedly been subjected to international criticism and, according to African observers, were accompanied by violence and intimidation, Mugaba, heading Zimbabwe for 28 years, turned out to be the only candidate. The leader of the opposition movement for democratic changes (DDP) Morgan Tswangirai previously defiantly refused to participate in the second round, saying that he and his comrades -in -arms did not want to risk their lives and at the risk of other people. Then he took refuge at the Embassy of the Netherlands in the capital of Zimbabwe Harara. The current president, in turn, calls any opposition parties to the Western agents and continues to brand the United States and Britain for neocolonialism.

See the leader of the opposition Zimbabwe, fearing revenge of the authorities, took refuge at the Embassy of the Netherlands

During the second round of the presidential election for what was happening in Zimbabwe, international human rights organizations were observed. According to them, the voting process was neither free nor anonymous. So, according to the statements of the international organization Human Rights Watch, the followers of Mugab were beaten with batons and sticks of anyone who could not prove that he had voted his vote to the president. In addition, yesterday, the Zimbabwe authorities held the ceremony of the sixth inauguration of Mugaba. Moreover, preparation for it took place before the announcement of the official election results, the newspaper writes.

Earlier, on the eve of the elections, the heads of the Mids of the “Big Eight” stated that they did not “recognize the authorities, whose election does not reflect the free will of the Zimbabwe people”, and the Secretary of State of Condoliza Rice promised to use the US Council in the UN Council for pressure on Mugaba. He called all international requirements "stupid things." The Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II deprived him of the knightly title, in which Mugaba was dedicated in 1994. The Foreign Ministry of Britain, the former metropolis of Zimbabwe, explained that thereby "rejection of human rights and complete disrespect for democracy" was expressed.

See Elizabeth II deprived the president of Zimbabwe of the knightly title

The African Union and another large regional organization - the community on the development of the countries of South Africa - has repeatedly condemned the events in Zimbabwe. Last week, the UN Security Council did the same. Yesterday, one more joined these voices: the actions of Mugab was criticized by the former archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa) Desmond Tutu, the hero of the struggle against the apartheid and one of the key figures of the African African Church. Tutu called on the international community to actively intervene in the political crisis and stop the Mugabe regime by any means. The religious figure added that he approves the idea of ​​deploying the UN peacekeepers in Zimbabwe, and also demanded that African leaders not recognize the results of Friday elections in the country. Earlier, Morgan Tswangirai called on the world community not to limit the ardor of the rhetoric of the conviction of President Robert Mugaba and to help restore justice in Zimbabwe with military methods, and to introduce the UN peacekeepers to ensure democratic elections.

See the leader of the opposition Zimbabwe called the UN to introduce peacekeepers into the country

Meanwhile, the leader of the Tswangirai DDP is building his plans for the crowding out of the President Zimbabwe from politics. Yesterday, he told reporters that the DDP parliamentarians, who won most places in parliament in the March elections, would lobby for a change in the country's constitution. “I am sure that we can achieve this if the international pressure on the mugab regime does not weaken,” he added.

Members of the opposition and representatives of various human rights organizations stated that from the moment of the first round of the elections, held on March 29, hundreds of opposition supporters were beaten, and at least 40 people were killed. In addition, according to the opposition, the authorities threaten voters with reprisals if they do not vote for Mugaba.

Representatives of the pro -presidential party of the African National Union of Zimbabwe - the Patriotic Front (Bed -PF) deny their involvement in violence and accuse the West of trying to denigrate Zimbabwe and its leader in the eyes of the world community. According to government reports, in the first round of voting, the leader of the opposition Morgan Tswangirai went around the current president of the country Robert Mugaba, but the advantage is not common in order to recognize the victory of the opposition. The political crisis around the elections in Zimbabwe lasts almost two months.

Meanwhile, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, the dissatisfaction of Mugaba is growing in the army. Many generals and individual members of the Party of the Bed-PF party consider its displacement options.

The newspaper also writes about the three possible outcomes of the crisis in Zimbabwe. The first and most likely scenario: the formation of a national unity under the strong international pressure with the participation of the opposition represented by the party of Morgan Zvangirai, but under the leadership of the ruling party of the Bed-PF.

The second is less likely: preservation of the status of the CVO, that is, the authoritarian regime, which completely discredited itself within the country, and even among African neighbors.

And finally, the third version from the Daily Telegraph: a complete collapse of the current regime is possible as a result of economic and political sanctions that the African Union may go to.