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Election Officials Arrested in Zimbabwe

By Prensa Latina

Harare : The Zimbabwe Police arrested seven officials from the Electoral Commission (ZEC), claiming they have committed fraud to favor opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai,

The arrested ZEC members diverted 5,000 votes from President Mugabe to Tsvangirai candidature, police sources said.

The commission has not yet given the results for the presidency polls despite of the fact that the vote was cast last March 29.

ZEC reports a victory for the opposition Movement for the Democratic Change (MDC) in the dispute for the National Assembly’s seats.

The opposition has obtained 109 seats for the ruling Zimbawe African National Union (ZANU-PF) while there was a tie in the case of the Senate with 30 seats each one.

ZANU-PF demanded votes recount since it considered that rigged maneuvers have been committed against it.