HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 23 (UPI) -- The major opposition party in Zimbabwe Sunday said it had proof President Robert Mugabe is planning election fraud when voters go to the polls March 29.
Secretary General of the Movement for Democratic Change, Tendai Biti, told CNN leaked information from the election commission revealed 9 million ballots were being printed for the election -- but Zimbabwe has only 5.7 million registered voters.
In addition, Biti said 600,000 paper postal ballots were demanded for police officials and the military, even though they are usually only given to government employees living abroad.
Zimbabwe has roughly 50,000 soldiers and police, Biti said.
"Remember, when they stole this election away from us the last time, they stole it with 350,000 votes. Six hundred thousand is double insurance," Biti told CNN.
The opposition accused Mugabe of rigging the 2002 election in which he defeated Movement for Democratic Change candidate Morgan Tsvangirai.
