Zimbabwe today chooses its next president at the polls in a day without serious incidents Despite the delay in the opening of some polling stations, after an electoral campaign marked by the economic crisis that crosses the country and the denunciations of repression against the opposition.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson MnangagwaThe 80-year-old leader of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), which is seeking its second five-year term, cast its ballot in the town of Kwekwe (centre).
“This time there was more awareness. There was a huge turnout, after more than 6.6 million people registered to vote. In the last elections we had around five million voters,” Mnangagwa said at the exit.
“If I thought that I am not going to win, I would be a fool. All of us who participate in this race want to win,” he added, after being asked by journalists for a forecast of the election results.
For its part, Mnangagwa’s main rival, Nelson Chamisa45 years old and at the head of the opposition Coalition of Citizens for Change (CCC), regretted the delays in the opening of many polling stations, as well as other alleged irregularities.