Zimbabwe's government has again delayed officially announcing results of the weekend's elections, raising fears of vote-rigging as security forces patrolled the streets. An electoral commission official abruptly stopped the long-awaited televised announcement early Monday after results of just 24 of 210 parliamentary races were read. Nothing was said about the presidential vote count.Noel Kututwa, chairman of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, said the delay was "fueling speculation" that Mugabe's government was tampering with the ballot count. His group is monitoring the election.
"This is very worrying," Kututwa said.
Even before the first results were announced, the major opposition party insisted it had won enough votes to end President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule over the southern African country that is suffering from economic meltdown.
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