I am surprised to have heard this morning from my national broadcasting corporation (TBC) that President Robert Mugabe has asked the Zimbabwe Electoroal Commission (ZEC) to recount the Presidential election votes. But why?

This means that the delay of not giving out the results clearly shows that the opposition has won the election and that, the ZANU-PF leader is in the process of manipulating the results. President Mugabe must accept the results whatsoever, why plunging the nation into a political turmoil? It really shows that Mugabe has sensed a situation of failure on his own side.

Why is he asking for the vote recounting when the election commission has not yet announced the results? If the results would have been out, then a disatisfied contestant is given time to complain of the results. But for him, this is in vice versa.