Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is facing an “avalanche of calls” to withdraw from this Friday’s presidential election after a campaign of murder, assault and intimidation by supporters of President Robert Mugabe.| Mugabe told a campaign rally last Friday: “Only God who appointed me will remove me – not the MDC, not the British.” |
The 56-year-old former trade union leader has previously indicated that nothing would deter him from fighting the election. But senior party officials warned yesterday that there was little point in a contest that Mugabe is determined to steal. Mugabe told a campaign rally last Friday: “Only God who appointed me will remove me – not the MDC, not the British.”