Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is pulling out of Friday's presidential run-off, handing victory to President Robert Mugabe.

 

Mr Tsvangirai said there was no point running when elections would not be free and fair and "the outcome is determined by... Mugabe himself".

 

He called on the global community to step in to prevent "genocide".

 

But the ruling Zanu-PF said Mr Tsvangirai had taken the decision to avoid "humiliation" in the poll.

 

KEY POLL COMPLAINTS

Violence: 86 killed, 200,000 displaced

MDC rallies banned

MDC leaders arrested, harassed

Food aid not given to opposition areas

State media refused MDC adverts

Zanu-PF supporters to be used as election officials

 

The opposition decision came after its supporters, heading to a rally in the capital Harare, came under attack.

 

The opposition Movement for Democratic Change says some 86 supporters have been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes by ruling party militias.

 

At a press conference in Harare on Sunday, Mr Tsvangirai said: "We in the MDC cannot ask them to cast their vote on 27 June, when that vote could cost them their lives."

 

"We have resolved that we will no longer participate in this violent, illegitimate sham of an election process."

 

"We will not play the game of Mugabe," he added.

 

He called on the United Nations, African Union and the southern African grouping SADC to intervene to prevent a "genocide" in Zimbabwe.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7467990.stm

 

Not good :(

Not good at all. :disappointed:

Oh that is extremely bad news,i feel very bad and sad for the people that live in that country!!!! :sad: :cry:

And Mugabe has quit the human race.;)

Yeah that is the only possible explanation left!

Time to send in U.N troops to wipe him off the face of the earth..if they had oil..things would have happened already.

Yup i reckon so......

He should be renamed THUGabe.;)