If it were up to the people of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe would be on his way out of office. The election held last Saturday unofficially shows the tyrant being slaughtered by Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party by more than a 2-1 margin. But apparently, the Electoral Commission has hired people who are very, very slow counters. As of today, less than 50% of the vote has been counted and lo and behold, the two parties are locked in an exciting neck and neck race.That's not the story told by the tally sheets gathered by the opposition party and western electoral observers. But Mugabe has never let a little thing like free and fair elections stand in the way of hus lust for power:The sluggish pace of official results heightened fears that a massive fraud was under way to keep Mr Mugabe clinging to power. By the end of the day the handful of results released showed his Zanu (PF) party taking 31 seats and the opposition 35 in the 210-seat Parliament. Significant scalps...(Read Full Post)