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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe listens at the opening of the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Johannesburg, August 16, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

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JOHANNESBURG | Thu Aug 1, 2013 2:45am EDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A senior source in Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's party claimed a resounding victory in Wednesday's parliamentary and presidential election against Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

"We've taken this election. We've buried the MDC. We never had any doubt that we were going to win," the source, who could not be named, told Reuters by phone on Thursday.

Releasing results early in Zimbabwe is illegal, and police have said they will arrest anybody who makes premature claims about the result.

(Reporting by Reuters Johannesburg; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)

 
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Comments (4)
randburg100 wrote:
Hahaha! I expect Mugabe got 97% of the votes too..including 1000s of dead people….

Aug 01, 2013 2:56am EDT  --  Report as abuse
lewtwo wrote:
“Releasing results early in Zimbabwe is illegal, and police have said they will arrest anybody who makes premature claims about the result.”

My guess is that only applies to the opposition.

Aug 01, 2013 3:28am EDT  --  Report as abuse
HLM wrote:
As if anyone thought the results would be allowed to turn out differently.

Aug 01, 2013 3:54am EDT  --  Report as abuse