Harare — Zimbabwe’s opposition accused the election commission on Tuesday of deliberately delaying results of this week’s vote to favour the ruling party, reporting irregularities in the first poll since the removal of Robert Mugabe in a November coup. Even though the election passed off peacefully, several water cannon trucks patrolled outside the Harare headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) as its supporters danced in the streets. Some local results from parallel parliamentary elections have been declared but the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has yet to produce any figures from Monday’s presidential vote. ZEC chief Priscilla Chigumba said the presidential result may not be ready until Saturday. Former MDC finance minister Tendai Biti and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), the main domestic election monitor, said one in five polling stations — more than 2,000 in all — had not posted tallies on their doors as required by law. That omiss...
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