what happened in the presidential election.
States in Transition Observatory, Idasa May 12, 2008 Download this document – Acrobat PDF version (99KB) If you do not have the free Acrobat reader on your computer, download it from the Adobe website by clicking here. When the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission finally announced the results of the Presidential election, quite apart from the relief that they were finally announced, there were two predominant reactions. The first was a total lack of surprise that Morgan Tsvangirai had beaten Robert Mugabe: all the indications from every source, as well as the evident disbelief of Zanu PF and the subsequent shenanigans of ZEC, were that this would be the case. The second reaction was the lack of surprise that ZEC had not announced Morgan Tsvangirai as the outright winner with an absolute majority. It was clear to all concerned that the results were known in detail by Monday, 31 March, and there have been a number of “leaks” to this effect, all suggesting that Tsvangirai won outright. If the E
