Zimbabwe's opposition has demanded a rerun of parliamentary elections after claiming that constitutional changes are needed to cut the influence of President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF over electoral bodies.
Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said last week's polls - in which his party suffered a big defeat - were a sham because all electoral institutions were controlled by Mr Mugabe's party.
"There should be a new election because this election has proved to be a sham. But the MDC is talking of a fresh election under a new constitutional dispensation and not a mere repeat under the same environment," his spokesman said today.
He said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, set up just before the election, was biased towards Mr Mugabe and because it appointed local government officials to run the polls "it skewed them further in ZANU-PF's favour."
