Election Results: Landmark Vote and Election Observers

election results: The landmark vote -- Zimbabwe's first since the toppling of strongman Robert Mugabe -- was being closely watched, with election observers and foreign investors looking on to see if the country had shed its previous reputation, according to CNN. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will challenge the election results. context Image Object name Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will challenge the election results. description Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will challenge the election results. url Chamisa, who at 40 is the country's youngest presidential candidate, said his party was working around the clock with a legal team to put together a plan of action following the results, but he did not give any details. A day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of the vote, Nelson Chamisa, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, told a news conference the vote was anything but a free and fair. As far as we are concerned this presidential result is fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate, and characterized by serious credibility gaps and some serious legitimacy issues that we feel must be raised, Chamisa said at the news briefing. Zimbabwe anti-riot police personnel deploy Friday at the Bronte Hotel in Harare. context Image Object name Zimbabwe anti-riot police personnel deploy Friday at the Bronte Hotel in Harare. description Zimbabwe anti-riot police personnel deploy Friday at the Bronte Hotel in Harare. url reasons that were unclear, police escorted journalists away from the area.A Movement for Democratic Change representative told CNN the police had broken it up because they thought it was an illegal political gathering. Read More The opposition leader's first attempt to hold a press conference Friday was thwarted after police stormed the Harare hotel where he was scheduled to speak. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.