Tsvangirai calls Zim polls ‘delayed presidential runoff’

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called today’s harmonised elections a delayed presidential runoff, referring to a failed rerun following the 2008 disputed polls.

Speaking after casting his vote at Mount Pleasant High School alongside his wife Elizabeth Macheka, Tsvangirai said: “We are confident of winning this delayed runoff.”

“Because we needed this in 2008 but it was delayed for the past 5 years,” he said.

Tsvangirai hoped for a resounding win.

Elsewhere, there have been reports of people being refused to vote because there names either are appearing in different centers than where they registered or do not appear at all.

Movements for Democratic Change (MDC) of Tsvangirai says have already raised these anomalies with Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).

Meanwhile, five buses carrying Zimbabweans coming to vote from neighbouring South Africa have been impounded at Beitbridge border according to reports.

President Robert Mugabe was expected to vote at the same time his rival was voting at High-field primary school some 15km from Mt. Pleasant.

So far, there has been high turnout in the elections probably killing fears of voter apathy. Polling stations that opened at 7am are expected to close at 7pm.