After a month of disclosure, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission summoned Friday to make public the results of the March 29 presidential election, according to the New York Times. The opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai won more votes than the current president, Robert Mugabe. Still, the difference was not big enough to avoid a runoff, as Mr. Tsvangirai hasn’t gained more than 47.9%, while the necessary quote is 50% of the total.

The opposition rejected the results, as they are unsatisfied that their leader hasn’t attained pure victory

 “They did not verify the results. They did not give us an opportunity to contest the results. They are waylaying the people’s will. Clearly, this is scandalous,” said Nelson Chamisa, a spokesman for the opposition.

They said they were not sure about participating to the runoff, since they suspected the announced results were not the right ones. They also complained about these being bewrayed, as the vote verification process was short-circuited.

As expected, Mr Mugabe has accepted the result and declared he would stand in the runoff.

Election officials said they would soon announce a date for the runoff, which is required by the law to take place within 21 days., as the Washington Post informs.