Mugabe weighing up options in the face of election defeat
ROBERT Mugabe has reportedly admitted to family and advisers that he has lost Zimbabwe's presidential vote.
He was said to be weighing up whether to throw in the towel or contest a run-off against opposition leader Morgan Zsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change.
The MDC says Tsvangirai has won the absolute majority needed to avoid a run-off, but Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and separate projections say he will fall short. There was still no official word on the result of the presidential election today.
But the electoral commission said ZANU-PF had lost its control of parliament for the first time in nearly three decades.
The MDC said its tallies showed Mugabe had also lost the presidential vote and said he should concede defeat.
Mugabe's aides have angrily dismissed the MDC's claim that it had won the presidential poll.
Mugabe, known for his fierce and defiant rhetoric, has not been seen in public since voting took place.
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