This is simply great!! Listen to the radio cut of a call to the Zimbabwe Embassy 2008-03-14 at 14-38-29 in the video above! What a fair election! *g*
Dies hier ist einfach Einmalig!! Hört Euch den Radio Ausschnitt im Video hier oben, bezüglich Telefonat mit der Ambassade in Zimbabwe vom 14. März 2008 um 14Uhr38 an! Das nennt man eine gerechte Wahl! *g*
Herzlichen Dank an Michael - bald haben wir einen Repräsentanten der Zanu-PF vor unserer Tür *g*
The official results of Zimbabwe's 29 March presidential election have been announced after a long delay. They say opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai gained the most votes but fell just short of the 50% needed to win outright, so he will face a run-off against President Robert Mugabe.
What happens next? Mr Tsvangirai and Mr Mugabe will face each other in a head-to-head second round run-off scheduled for 27 June.
Was the election free and fair? The 29 March elections were the most peaceful since the MDC emerged to challenge Mr Mugabe in 1999. Opposition candidates were able to campaign around the country, even in previously no-go areas - although this has since changed. It is not clear if the first round results were tampered with - the MDC said Mr Tsvangirai gained 50.3% - not a massive difference from the official tally of 47.9%, but a crucial one. Projections by independent monitors were pretty close to the official results, which show that Mr Mugabe gained 43.2%. However, one MDC official says he has doubts about a block of 120,000 votes for Mr Mugabe, which he says were enough to prevent Mr Tsvangirai winning outright. While the first round was relatively peaceful, the MDC complained about the electoral roll, saying there were many thousands of "ghost voters". These are the names of dead people or people who have registered from addresses where there are no buildings. It would not be possible to update the roll in time for a run-off, so the "ghost voters" could emerge as an issue again.
Will the run-off be free and fair? Probably not - the mood has really changed, since it became obvious that Mr Mugabe had not won. There are numerous, credible reports that opposition activists have been assaulted and some killed by ruling party militants. Mr Tsvangirai says MDC structures have been systematically targeted in some parts of the country - mostly rural areas which have switched away from Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party. The MDC says that at least 20 of its supporters have been killed and several hundred forced to flee their homes. The MDC says the results were deliberately delayed to give ruling party militants to carry out these attacks. This is denied by Zanu-PF, which says the scale of the violence has been exaggerated and accuses the MDC of being behind some attacks.
Den Tatsachen nach, hat Zimbabwe eine Inflation von 3714 Prozent bereits 2007 erreicht und es ist somit ein absoluter Weltrekord! Eventuell haben sie damit die Absichten im Guinnessbuch der Rekorde aufgenommen zu werden. Es gibt jedoch immer noch genügend Unternehmen die risikobereit sind und irgendwie über die Runden kommen obwohl sie durch die hohe Inflation nur geringe Profite verzeichnen können.
