The United States has just denounced Zimbabwe election which the main opposition candidate, Morgan Tsangarai, dismissed as a big “farce”. Over 7,000 local monitors have also rejected the election, while one election commissioner resigned has resigned over the conduct of the poll.

On Saturday, one of the nine members of the election commission resigned over the way the election was conducted.

Commissioner Mkhululi Nyathi said in his resignation letter: ”While throughout the whole process I retained some measure of hope that the integrity of the whole process could be salvaged along the way, this was not to be.”

The European Union, which maintains sanctions on Mr Mugabe and his senior aides, said it was concerned about "alleged irregularities and reports of incomplete participation" in Wednesday's election.

Former colonial power the UK said it had grave concerns about the conduct of the election, and urged a thorough investigation of all allegations of violations.

The most critical account came from the largest group of monitors, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), which had 7,000 workers observing the vote.

The organization said problems with voter registration had left up to one million people unable to cast their ballots, mostly in urban areas regarded as MDC strongholds.

Even southern African bloc, SADC, with 600 observers, broadly endorsed the election as "free and peaceful", but said it would reserve judgment on the fairness of the process.

Yet, despite the outcry, Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, is all his political skillery, is the only observer who has found that poll not only “credible” but “fair”!

The African Union observer team, which Mr. Obasanjo leads which had 70 observers, said its initial report suggested the election was "free and credible".

The mission said there had been "incidents that could have been avoided" and asked Zimbabwe's election authorities to investigate claims that voters had been turned away from polling stations.
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Obj the Third term apostle and epitome of corruption

It probably was fair in the polling stations he went to.he couldn't had tour the entire nation.
Even though others say otherwise,he has to say what he personally observed where he visited.dtz all.

Yaribas and corruption