Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president of over thirty years, has been re-elected on a landslide victory on Saturday.
While international commentators voiced concern over the fairness of the election, defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa told AFP:
"The West will now have to climb down, they must find a ladder and climb down... A democratic election has taken place in Zimbabwe,"
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai slammed the result as "fraudulent and stolen", declaring that cohabitation days were over and that the result would be challenged in court.
One of the nine official electoral commissioners also resigned over "the manner" in which the polls "were proclaimed and conducted", delivering another blow to the credibility of the elections.
While international commentators voiced concern over the fairness of the election, defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa told AFP:
"The West will now have to climb down, they must find a ladder and climb down... A democratic election has taken place in Zimbabwe,"
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai slammed the result as "fraudulent and stolen", declaring that cohabitation days were over and that the result would be challenged in court.
One of the nine official electoral commissioners also resigned over "the manner" in which the polls "were proclaimed and conducted", delivering another blow to the credibility of the elections.
