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Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesman Nelson Chamisa addresses the media in Harare on April 2, 2008. Robert Mugabe’s party refused to release its grip on power on April 6, 2008, demanding a recount in Zimbabwe’s presidential election and snubbing an offer to join the opposition in a national unity government. The demand was swiftly dismissed as “illegal” by the MDC, which claimed ZANU-PF was only demanding a recount because it had been stuffing ballot boxes with false voting slips since election day. “A recount is only asked for 48 hours after the counting and as far as we are concerned counting was done on Sunday and they should have asked for a recount on Tuesday,” said chief MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)