Relief as Mugabe Loses Zimbabwe Majority
by Liam Bailey
2008-04-26 20:18:44 **news**
The world breathed a sigh of relief today when it was revealed that Robert Mugabe's party had failed to hold its parliamentary majority after the partial recount, confirming speculation that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change had taken the majority of seats. Results remained unchanged in 18 of the 23 recounted seats, so, as Mugabe's Zanu-PF failed to win 9 of the seats, their majority was lost for the first time since 1980.
Unfortunately the results of the presidential election still have not been released, it is hoped that these will be revealed early next week. The seemingly fair result of the Parliamentary election will give hope however, that the Presidential election results, when they finally are revealed will be the way the people voted. Though in a place like Zimbabwe, with a leader like Mugabe you can never be sure whether he will allow a vote to go ahead that will depose him from power.
We can only hope that Zanu-PF will see that Zimbabwe sheds its Mugabe skin, because Africa is currently beginning to experience some good levels of economic growth on the back of massive growth in foreign direct investment from the world's two greatest emerging markets India and China, Zimbabwe's "troubles" are only serving to hinder it from realising its full potential.
