Today Zimbabweans vote for... For what?

Zimbabwe has been wrecked by Mugabe, and this election could make things worse.
It will be interesting to see just how the ‘international community’ reacts. A lot of words probably, not much else.
Also check out these headlines:
H01666: Starve the voters: the human cost of Mugabe’s election
H01766: Zimbabwe’s downward spiral

Zimbabweans vote today in an election expected to produce a “mountainous victory” for the party of President Robert Mugabe, who is suspected of rigging the polls to obtain the results he needs to stay in power.

As he predicted victory at a final campaign rally, the President said: “We have never been losers, because we have always been a party of the people.”

As a last-minute perk to ensure electoral success, he announced that the minimum wage for domestic servants would increase tenfold.

The main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, said the sudden announcement would punish middle-class urban voters who employ most of Zimbabwe’s 250,000 domestic servants, while trade unions warned that it could raise unemployment.

Tendai Biti, secretary of finance for the MDC, said: “They want to drive a wedge between urban employers and employees who are presumed to be MDC.” He said Mr Mugabe had not made similar provisions for the 500,000 farm workers who had lost their jobs when land was seized from white farmers as part of his land reform policy. Wages in Zimbabwe have risen erratically over the past few years, sometimes in line with inflation and sometimes not.

A gardener earns Z$83,000 (£4.41) a month, and under…

Posted by BurningMonk

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