Zimbabwe's parliamentary election was far more peaceful than the last couple of polls, but the result was the same. By late Saturday, President Robert Mugabe's
ZANU-PF
party had won 78 of the 120 seats up for grabs. Together with the 30 M.P.s appointed by the President, that assures Mugabe a compliant parliament for another five years and gives him the two-thirds majority he needs to change the constitution.
While most Zimbabweans are preoccupied by domestic crises such as 80% unemployment and widespread hunger Mugabe, who has ruled since 1980, and his party...