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Mugabe warns against election demonstrations
Bangladesh News.Net
Thursday 27th March, 2008
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has warned his opponents not to dare protest after Saturday's elections.
Mr Mugabe, in an anti-British speech, said the opposition should not try to please their British allies with demonstrations after the elections.
Speaking in the eastern district of Nyanga, the 84-year-old president accused the opposition of spreading lies about vote rigging and warned he would not tolerate any Kenyan-style violence if the opposition lost elections.
The opposition claims the government is planning to win by rigging the ballot the ballot on Saturday, even though opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says there has been a big upsurge of support for his party.
The opposition has also said the government will rig the elections, with the help of Israeli computer experts.
Western monitors have been barred from the coming election and it will be difficult to determine whether election rigging has occurred.
The US and the EU have accused Mr Mugabe of rigging previous elections.
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