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- Sixth term for Mugabe
- 1980: First elected president
- Mugabe percentage of vote: 85
- Percent of population voting: 42.37
- Observers report vote is not credible
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After an election regarded as a sham by most of the world, Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe was sworn in for his sixth term on June 29, 2008.
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Election Issues
Regarding the election, Mugabe said in a speech, "We are not going to give up our country because of a mere X [on a ballot]. How can a ballpoint fight with a gun?"TimesOnline: Robert Mugabe warns Zimbabwe's voters: "How can a pen fight with a gun?" (June 17, 2008) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out of the election after his supporters were beaten and killed. Mugabe's supporters, according to eyewitness reports and independent observers, allegedly forced many people to vote at gunpoint.
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