Mugabe, “confident.”
Of course Mugabe’s, “confident,” of winning a sixth term. He knows the polls are rigged.
Really, if the BBC is going to attempt any form of reportage on Mugabe planning to win the election, that needs to be mentioned - and not just as the statement of the leader of the opposition. The last presidential election in 2002 occured in a climate of heavy imtimidation and arrests. Amnesty suggested that as many as 1400 opposition agents were arrested during the election period. It was neither a free nor a fair election.
Similar doubts have hung over almost every recent election in which Mugabe has been involved. Logically, this should be stated alongside Mugabe’s stated intent to win: he has stated this intent before every election, and has taken them all in a similar way. There is no reason to suspect why he should not do so again.