Troops clear streets of Zimbabwe’s capital, election result ‘very soon’

Almost all the shops in Harare city were closed and the pavement was generally very quiet. The protesters and soldiers were engaged in several roads along with wreckage and amber with Wednesday's conflict.

The soldiers ordered the closure of the shops and asked people to leave the centre of Zimbabwe's capital on Thursday, killing three people by soldiers sent by soldiers sent to break the demonstrators who claimed this week's presidential election. One day after the ho

Sen. Crackdown has overtaken enthusiasm after the removal of strong Robert Mugabe eight months ago and promoted the suspicion that the generals started the coup, is the real ruler of Zimbabwe.

Members of the military patrol the streets of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, August 2, 2018. (Reuters)

In Harare, the opposite could not be strong with November, when hundreds of thousands filled the streets, celebrating their role in removing the 94-year-old Mugabe by embracing soldiers, leaving Zimbabwe the only leader since Independence in 1980 used to go.

"They are now showing their true colours. We thought that they were our saviour in November, but they fooled us," newspaper vendor Farai Dezengera said that the brief dream of the end of decades of suppression was over.

"Now they ask us to leave the city. What can we do? We will go, they run this country."

Almost all the shops in Harare city were closed and the pavement was generally very quiet. The protesters and soldiers were engaged in several roads along with wreckage and amber with Wednesday's conflict.

"We are just waiting to see what they will do next because they do not want us in the city. Who can argue with a man carrying a gun?" Isaac Nyirenda said, a blue plastic bottle By dropping a turtle beer after dipping

Army in charge

Wednesday's violence, which took place after a relatively systematic election, was pushing President Emerson Mnangagwa's hopes of repairing the image of the country which became synonymous with corruption and economic collapse under Mugabe.

Specifically, the use of soldiers to control the capital confirms suspicion that the General Vice-Chancellor, including Constantino Chiveanga, is the General-in-charge who removes Mugabe, analysts are in charge, analysts say.

Members of the military are seen patrolling the streets of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Pierce Pigo, Zimbabwe expert of the International Crisis Group Think Tank, said, "The uneasy truth by the deployment of soldiers tells that the army has already been the major political force eight months after Mugabe was removed."

In the election, which imposed 75-year-old Managgawa against 40-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamasya, was to confirm the legality of Mugabe government and Harare was allowed to renew relations with the international community.

In return, it started unlocking the essential investment needed to get the billion-dollar donor fund and its economy - on freedom, the most vibrant of Africa - back to its feet.

Instead, the Commonwealth supervisors, mainly groups of former British colonies, who were hoping to rejoin the Mangalagwaas, did not reduce their words in condemning the conduct of the army.

Former President of Ghana John Mahama said in a statement from the Commonwealth, "We clearly condemn excessive use of force against uninterrupted citizens."

He also urged the Zimbabwe Election Commission (JEEC) to expedite the announcement of the results of the presidential election. The observers reported on Wednesday that many problems were reported with voter threats.

Both the United Nations and the European Union demanded restraint, while a turbulent cheerleader from Britain, "new" post-Mugabe Zimbabwe, said it was "deeply concerned" with violence.

China, Mugabe and Mnangagwa are an important source of funding, however, it is believed that the elections usually proceeded systematically. A foreign ministry spokesman reported on Wednesday the "unannounced" report of unrest

"No Skulduggery"

Mnagagwa, a former security chief named 'The Magnificent', expressed his condolences to the families of victims of Crackdown and said that responsible people will be brought to justice.

He also said that he was talking to Chamisa trying to reduce the tension, which went dramatically after the agitation for the movement - without the production of evidence or numbers - he won popular votes.

There was no response from the MDC, whose founder Morgan Tsvangirai had defeated Mugabe in the first round of elections before leaving the race after the number of his supporters.

Tsvangirai, who was beaten in 2007 in police custody in a weird way, died of cancer in February.

The Election Commission, whose website was hacked all night, said that it would declare the results of the "soon" vote and denied the MDC's claim that it had allowed JNU-PF to stop the vote.

Deputy Chairman Emanuel Magde said in a news conference, "There was absolutely no schoolgirl". For some, however, the result now matters.

Minibus Driver Gift said, "Tomorrow was a very sad day for Zimbabwe, a cigarette smoker was shining on his shoulder in a soldier.

"We hope things will remain calm and we all can forget about this election, we do not know whether it was fair or not. The government will do whatever it wants.