25 August 2008 - 13H41
MDC chairman elected speaker of parliament
Lovemore Moyo, national chairman for Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change, was elected speaker of parliament on Monday, despite alleged continued intimidation of his party by the ruling ZANU-PF.
Special report on elections in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) national chairman Lovemore Moyo was elected speaker of parliament on Monday, five months after disputed elections.
Moyo got 110 votes of 208 ballots cast, parliamentary clerk Austin Zvoma announced.
The Zimbabwean parliament met for the first time Monday since parliamentary and presidential elections in March which led to months of political unrest that has still not been settled.
The MDC now controls parliament for the first time but MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai claims President Robert Mugabe fixed the result of the presidential election and pulled out of the runoff second round because of allegations of violence against his supporters.
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