They don't care. If they do, they sure have a funny way of showing it.
Campaigners in Zimbabwe have spoken of the 'horrendous' violence used against them by supporters of the Robert Mugabe regime.
One report claimed the wife of an opposition leader had been 'chopped up' and buried after fighting the 84-year-old president's rule.
Election observers from across Africa are investigating reports of beatings and intimidation in the run-up to the 27 June election.
Marwick Khumalo, head of a 64-member Pan-African Parliament observer mission, said: 'We have heard so many horrendous stories. Now violence is at the top of the agenda of this electoral process, and that is regrettable.'
He added that independent observers had been taken to see the grave of a woman who was cut up, apparently by Mugabe supporters.
'Certain elements are indicating that there will be war,' he said. 'Beating the drums of war is not acceptable in any situation.'
Zimbabwe is going to the polls for a second time after the March presidential-election results were contested.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Morgan Tsvangirai, claimed it had won more than 50 per cent of the vote against Mugabe's 43.8 per cent. But the regime authorities said that was not enough to secure a majority and called for the run-off.
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