Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said he was confident of winning Saturday’s general elections while accusing President Robert Mugabe‘s government of attempting to rig the outcome.

“Victory is assured in spite of the regime’s attempt to subvert the will of the people,” Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), told reporters after voting in the Avondale suburb of Harare.

Tsvangirai, looking to end Mugabe’s 28-year rule in the former British colony, said his party had uncovered evidence of widespread vote-rigging.

“We have unearthed one million ghost voters in Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (in northern Zimbabwe), and 33 ghost polling stations in (central) Mashonaland,” said Tsvangirai who was runner-up to Mugabe in the last elections in 2002.

“Even if the MDC wins, the election cannot be said to be free and fair,” he added.

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