Zimbabwean opposition calls for rerun of elections

Zimbabwean main opposition party on Tuesday called for a rerun of last week’s elections, slamming irregularities and calling on other African countries to help mediate the standoff with the ruling party, Reuters reported.

But the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) party did not say how it would seek to force the re-run, refusing to answer reporters’ questions about whether it would file a court case to try to overturn the disputed result.

“The only resolution and way forward… is that Zimbabwe needs a fresh and … proper election to end the current crisis,” CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba told a news conference.

The election commission declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling ZANU-PF the winner with 53% of the vote against 44% for the CCC’s Nelson Chamisa.

But political analysts were quick to question the credibility of those results.