Justus For All

The Associated Press
The first results from an election recount under way show President Robert Mugabe’s party has won an additional parliamentary seat, state media reported Wednesday.

Election officials began recounting ballots in 23 districts over the weekend, most of them won by the opposition. The recount could prove pivotal for the ruling party, which lost control of parliament by a handful of seats for the first time ever.

The state-run Herald newspaper also suggested Wednesday that a government of national unity led by Mugabe could end Zimbabwe’s deepening political and economic crisis — a departure from its regular stance of accusing the opposition of manipulating the vote.

While I hope that Zimbabwe’s crisis can be ended without bloodshed and Mugabe will gracefully exit, I don’t think that is going to happen.  I think we are either going to witness the horror of a civil war, or the even worse horror of Mugabe’s continued rule.

One good thing is that the international community is working together fairly well to keep additional weapons out of the hands of the Mugabe regime.