Tsvangirai to contest run-off
10/05/2008 10:36  - (SA)  

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Pretoria, South Africa - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Saturday he would contest a second-round run-off in his country's presidential elections.

"The MDC has decided that we will contest the run-off election," Tsvangirai told a press conference here, flanked by the leadership of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party.

Tsvangirai said his supporters would feel "betrayed" if he did not face Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in the run-off.

Tsvangirai has said previously he won the first round outright and that official figures showing a second round is necessary are fraudulent.

Opposition officials and independent human rights activist have accused Mugabe of orchestrating violence against the opposition since the first round on March 29.

They also have questioned whether a second round could be free and fair.

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