Zimbabwe's opposition leader plans for power while accusing president
Robert Mugabe of planning violence to overthrow the election result.

 HARARE, ZIMBABWE (APRIL 5, 2008) (REUTERS)

Zimbabwe's opposition on Saturday (April 5) accused President
Robert Mugabe of deploying militias and planning a war to reverse the result
of last weekend's election.
    Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai said
Mugabe was "preparing a war on the people" and deploying forces
including liberation war veterans ahead of a presidential runoff vote.
    "Militants are being rehabilitated", Tsvangirai told a news
conference, adding that the central bank was printing money "for the
finance of violence."
    The MDC says it won last weekend's presidential vote as well as its
officially declared victory in a parallel election in which Mugabe's ZANU-PF
lost control of parliament for the first time in his 28-year rule.
    ZANU-PF and independent projections show Tsvangirai being forced into a
presidential runoff after failing to win an absolute majority.
    Tsvangirai called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC),
the United Nations and the African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe.
    "African leaders surely must now say 'no' to Mugabe in the same
way the people of Zimbabwe have said 'no' to him. A run-off will polarise and
traumatise this country, this country does not need another war," he
said.
    Tsvangirai went on to proclaim the MDC was ready to take power, adding:
"We have started consultations to put in place an inclusive government of
national healing. Our victory is not for the MDC but of every
Zimbabwean."
    Earlier, the Zimbabwe High Court postponed until Sunday (April 6) a
legal bid by the opposition to force the release of presidential election
results after the electoral commission asked for more time to prepare its
response.
    Armed police initially prevented MDC lawyers from entering the High
Court before allowing them in and analysts believe Mugabe will use his control
of state apparatus, including the security forces, as well as pro-government
militias to intimidate MDC supporters.