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Mugabe’s future on the line as Zimbabwe votes

AFP, Harare
Zimbabweans voted yesterday in an election, which could see President Robert Mugabe turfed out of power after 28 years in office, with voters desperate for an end to the country's economic meltdown.
As his opponents accused Africa's oldest leader of trying to rig his way to another five-year term, Mugabe said he was confident of victory and he could not sleep at night if he attempted to fix the result.
"We don't rig elections. I cannot sleep with my conscience if I have rigged," the 84-year-old said as he cast his ballot in the capital Harare.
Large queues had gathered outside the polling booths by the time they opened at 7:00 a.m. (0500 GMT). The 5.9 million strong electorate has 12 hours in which to vote for their choice of president as well as elect members of the 210 seat parliament and local councils.
Mugabe, who has ruled the former British colony uninterrupted since independence in 1980, is up against former finance minister Simba Makoni and Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
While Makoni, formerly one of
the leading lights in the ruling ZANU-PF party, is likely to peel votes away from Mugabe, Tsvangirai is seen by analysts to represent the major threat to the president.
As he cast his ballot in Harare, Tsvangirai said he expected to win the poll but made fresh allegations of widespread vote-rigging.
"Victory is assured in spite of the regime's attempt to subvert the will of the people," Tsvangirai told reporters.
Tsvangirai said his party had uncovered evidence of widespread vote-rigging, including the names of a million "ghost” voters registered to cast their ballots in a northern region ofZimbabwe.
"Even if the MDC wins, the election cannot be said to be free and fair," he added.
Makoni, who has expressed his own doubts about the fairness of the poll, was among the first to vote at the Mandara shopping centre in eastern Harare.
"I feel good, I voted for the best candidate, I voted for Simba Makoni," he told AFP
Makoni struck a bullish note, saying his chances "arc very good" and that his final tally should be "more than" his initial prediction of 72 percent.