Mugabe rival quits election race
Hints about the grounds for the decision:
On Sunday, the MDC was due to stage a rally in Harare – the highlight of the campaign.
But supporters of Mr Mugabe’s Zanu-PF occupied the stadium venue and roads leading up to it.
Witnesses reported seeing hundreds of youths around the venue wielding sticks, some chanting slogans, and others circling the stadium crammed onto the backs of trucks.
Some set upon opposition activists, leaving a number badly injured, the MDC said.
It said African election monitors were also chased away from the rally site.
Mr Tsvangirai was arrested several times, and the party’s secretary general, Tendai Biti, has been held and charged with treason.
Zimbabwean participants in the Students and Young Professionals Liberty Academy beginning tonight in Ghana have been unable to attend because funds of NGOs have been frozen.
P.S. Zimbabwean libertarian Rejoice Ngwenya will be speaking this year at Cato University.
It is so sad. But what could Tsvangirai have done? He could be arrested again and the next time he could be killed. And his supporters all were risking life and limb just to vote, not to mention to work for his election.
I’ll delete this if cursing’s not allowed, but the only thing I have to say is fuck Mugabe.