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Thursday, April 28, 2005 - Web posted at 9:52:22 GMT Zimbabwe opposition supporters victimised HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party has intensified acts of post-election violence and intimidation against opposition supporters, according to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. |
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In a statement released late on Tuesday, the party said opposition supporters and polling agents in rural areas have been the victims of arson and looting, chased from their homes and some forced to relocate. "Zanu-PF acts of retribution in the rural areas are only being carried out because the party knows it lost the rural vote, hence the need to cow down the electorate and instil fear in the people ahead of future elections," the MDC said in its statement. Zanu-PF claimed 78 of the 120 elected seats in the March 31 parliamentary elections. The MDC won 41 and President Robert Mugabe nominates 30 others, which guarantees him the two-thirds majority required to amend the constitution at will. |
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