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There was a brief glimmer of hope as the people of Zimbabwe went through the motions in their elections, but chances are that it will be soon substituted by despair. In truth, the chance that the people actually got to vote can be taken as the only sign of optimism, but when the final tally is taken, none of them will ever know where their vote actually went, if it counted at all, or whether it merely contributed towards a failed ballot.
The only certainty in these elections, claimed by the opposition to be massively rigged by President Robert Mugabe, is its uncertainty. It is true that Mugabe is facing his sternest test yet, but with no official results being announced, independent monitors fear that he may hoodwink the system. There is the threat of unrest should the suspicion of rigging be established, but that is the least of Zimbabwe's problems.
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